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LaDonna Witmer

Published in
Engage

Only When It’s Happening to You

Dear nice White ladies, this one is for you

Nov 25

Only When It’s Happening to You

Nov 25

Published in
Engage

The Thing with Teeth

Musings on the nature of hope

Oct 11

The Thing with Teeth

Oct 11

Published in
Engage

In the Depths of the Doldrums

August in Portugal is like…

Aug 22

In the Depths of the Doldrums

Aug 22

Everybody Gets a Turn

Death comes for all of us eventually

Aug 17

Everybody Gets a Turn

Aug 17

Published in
Engage

Postcards from America

Five moments in a Midwest summer

Aug 4

Postcards from America

Aug 4

Published in
The Narrative Arc

My Mother Says She Was a Zoo Keeper

When the fiction of dementia is the truest thing

Jun 7

A close-up selfie of the author and her elderly mother sitting in a booth at a restaurant. There is a white glare from the window that obscures part of the mother’s face.

Jun 7

Published in
A-Culturated

The Arrogance of the English Language

When the world has always been your oyster

May 22

The image of a page from the A section of a thesaurus, focused on “arrogance.” Synonyms include: haughtiness, loftiness, self-importance, presumption, overconfidence, pride, vanity, vainglory, conceit, snobbishness, etc.

May 22

Published in
A-Culturated

What Are We Running From?

A meditation for those who leave

May 8

A nighttime view of a street in Lisbon, the cobbled calçadas gleaming in teh streetlight, the wall painted with a horse and rider galloping further and further away around the bend.

May 8

The Dream That Cannot Be Erased

True liberation is collective

May 2

The Dream That Cannot Be Erased

May 2

Published in
A-Culturated

The Opposite of Nomad

Ode to another day of the usual things

Apr 15

The Opposite of Nomad

Apr 15

LaDonna Witmer

LaDonna Witmer

Reader. Writer. Hangnail biter. @wordsbyladonna

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