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A-Culturated

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A-Culturated

Lights Out on the Iberian Peninsula

A massive power outage reveals the modern world as a house of cards

May 1
A photo of a cement wall, white paint peeling, graffiti barely covered with another coat of mismatched white. Morning sun shines on the wall, creating the shadow of a street lamp in the upper left corner.
A photo of a cement wall, white paint peeling, graffiti barely covered with another coat of mismatched white. Morning sun shines on the wall, creating the shadow of a street lamp in the upper left corner.
May 1
Portugal Calling

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Portugal Calling

There Is Always Someone Who Resists

Timely lessons from Portugal’s “untamed and untameable opposition” to a fascist regime

Mar 1
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There Is Always Someone Who Resists
There Is Always Someone Who Resists
Mar 1
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A-Culturated

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To Be or To Be

Lessons in impermanence

Feb 12
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A pair of very similar front doors with ironwork
A pair of very similar front doors with ironwork
Feb 12
9
Engage

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Engage

Don’t Make It Worse

Beginning a new year as I mean to go on

Dec 31, 2024
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A storm rolls in across an Illinois field. The clouds are looming, gray and ominous, but in the middle there is a streak of lighter sky, like hope.
A storm rolls in across an Illinois field. The clouds are looming, gray and ominous, but in the middle there is a streak of lighter sky, like hope.
Dec 31, 2024
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Engage

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Only When It’s Happening to You

Dear nice White ladies, this one is for you

Nov 25, 2024
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Only When It’s Happening to You
Only When It’s Happening to You
Nov 25, 2024
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The Thing with Teeth

Musings on the nature of hope

Oct 11, 2024
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The Thing with Teeth
The Thing with Teeth
Oct 11, 2024
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Engage

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In the Depths of the Doldrums

August in Portugal is like…

Aug 22, 2024
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In the Depths of the Doldrums
In the Depths of the Doldrums
Aug 22, 2024
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Everybody Gets a Turn

Death comes for all of us eventually

Aug 17, 2024
Everybody Gets a Turn
Everybody Gets a Turn
Aug 17, 2024
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Postcards from America

Five moments in a Midwest summer

Aug 4, 2024
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Postcards from America
Postcards from America
Aug 4, 2024
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The Narrative Arc

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The Narrative Arc

My Mother Says She Was a Zoo Keeper

When the fiction of dementia is the truest thing

Jun 7, 2024
30
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.
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, 2024
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LaDonna Witmer

LaDonna Witmer

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