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Greeting SamhainJesse Hill

Jesse Hill — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 08:00:03 +0000

Today is Halloween. Or at least, that is what it has come to be known by. Yet, hidden beneath the commodification and consumerism, this celebration has deeply-winding roots in paganism (as is often the case, such as with Christmas (Yule) and Easter (Ostara)). I’d like to invite you, if you haven’t already, to meet [...]

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The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis | Amitav Ghosh

Katie Percival — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:42:27 +0000

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My Mother’s HandbagMaja Lucas

Maja Lucas — Thu, 26 May 2022 07:00:09 +0000

My mother’s handbag is 30 years old. It’s black leather, and covered in scratches and bumps. On one side the strap has come loose, but she has cobbled it together with green twine. Some of the seams are coming apart where the leather has worn off. But my mother hasn’t thrown it out, because [...]

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The Electric BlanketFernanda Eberstadt

Fernanda Eberstadt — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:00:05 +0000

I was born in New York in 1960, an era when people—Americans, especially—still believed in the modern. My grandparents were wild about gadgets: at Sunday lunch, my father’s father—whose teasing always carried a whiff of terror—liked to chase his grandchildren with his electric carving knife; when we went to stay with my maternal grandmother, [...]

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