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There is a war raging in the basement of my apartment building. In the resident gym, there are four television screens. For a long time, they were…
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Denise S. Robbins
(Not) looking at you (not) looking at me
I was eating a sandwich on a bench by the water when a sparrow approached. He flew down and landed three feet away. I don’t know if you’ve ever had a…
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Denise S. Robbins
The wedding photos are ruined
(but not the ones that matter)
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Denise S. Robbins
HUMILITY!
I took a gondola for the gondola’s sake. If there’s a gondola, there must be a rider of the gondola. That was me, and two friends, with time to kill in…
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Denise S. Robbins
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Are we breaking or are we healing?
The morning after Canadian wildfires gave DC a code-red AQI, a small glob of blood came out of my nose. For the first time in my recollected life, I had…
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Denise S. Robbins
Purple enough to make a doctor say “ew”
I love having a body. I think it’s fantastic. It can do all kinds of amazing things like stretch and dance and rub oil into skin. I try to remember my…
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Denise S. Robbins
I heard a Senator poop and he didn't wash his hands
I was on Capitol Hill to research my absurdist politics novel, and by research I mean, capturing vibes. I’m not writing about any particular real person…
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Denise S. Robbins
noticements
noticements
Welcome to noticements, where I write about moments worth noticing.
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