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Little Boxes on the Hillside Are Not Sanctuaries for Our Children

Our myopic devotion to success hurts young people and compounds the mental health crisis

Aug 8, 2024

Little Boxes on the Hillside Are Not Sanctuaries for Our Children

Aug 8, 2024

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The Last Goodbye or Something

Saying farewell to someone for the final time and my daughter’s comforting words

Oct 1, 2023

The Last Goodbye or Something

Oct 1, 2023

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Traveling in the 131st Most Dangerous Country in the World

And it is fine because cows are more unsafe than sharks

Oct 4, 2024

Traveling in the 131st Most Dangerous Country in the World

Oct 4, 2024

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

The Creeping Vine of Aging

Too early is much better than too late

Apr 15, 2024

The Creeping Vine of Aging

Apr 15, 2024

A Bridge to Somewhere

Butterflies, Beavis, rabid skunks, and conversations with god

2d ago

A Bridge to Somewhere

2d ago

My Week with Dr. Jane Goodall

And the day she ran circles around me

6d ago

My Week with Dr. Jane Goodall

6d ago

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A Crooked Plow and Breaking the Bonds of Slavery in Brazil

Sorting through the layers of a beautiful and complicated culture

May 6

Brazilian man with beard, young Brazilian woman, and man smiling

May 6

God Made Dirt and Dirt Don’t Hurt

Dump the therapists, raincoats, and expensive apps — for their sake and ours

Apr 26

Two young brothers covered in mud, one missing a shoe

Apr 26

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

Strumming the Dusty Guitar of Life

A little musician, a writers’ club and awakening our dormant wonder

Apr 23

Strumming the Dusty Guitar of Life

Apr 23

The Weeping Patriarchy

A gay Indian lawyer and a transgender Nepalese woman walk into a cafe

Apr 19

The Weeping Patriarchy

Apr 19

Chris Thompson

Chris Thompson

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Seeking common ground in a divided world. Education, parenting, family alcoholism, and life. Dad, husband. Be kind.

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