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Home is a place you don’t choose until you do
There’s an intersection two blocks from my apartment where I find myself frequently. It’s at the end of Adams Morgan, or the beginning, depending on…
Denise S. Robbins
Jun 12
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No lady no!
They’re repaving the roads in DC. They’re always repaving. I’m running in a quiet neighborhood and suddenly it’s loud. Trucks, orange cones, grinders…
Denise S. Robbins
May 15
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Filthy
A fragment of black string floats before my face, drifting down from nowhere. I try to grab it; it floats away. It’s buglike in its movements, avoiding…
Denise S. Robbins
May 1
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A case for walking in circles
Destinations are overrated
Denise S. Robbins
Apr 17
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Cats on leashes
Do you ever feel like everyone around you wants you to fail? If not, try fostering animals. Everyone you know — friend, family, stranger, foe — will…
Denise S. Robbins
Apr 3
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Ten loaves of bread
On humility
Denise S. Robbins
Mar 22
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Temporary
I discovered a chip in my tooth. In a back molar. A jaggedness with my tongue, like something was stuck, but nothing was, I hadn’t eaten. I looked in a…
Denise S. Robbins
Mar 6
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My spark dog
This week I learned that every birder has a “spark bird.” A spark bird is the bird that sparked their birdy passion. The bird that opened their eyes to…
Denise S. Robbins
Feb 20
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113 dogs
There’s been a little hole in the apartment since Elliephant died. A little buzzing from the silence. Ears straining to hear the pat pat pat of her…
Denise S. Robbins
Feb 6
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They say don’t go to the beach in winter
But we tried to prove them wrong. And we spent about an hour on the beach before we froze.
Denise S. Robbins
Jan 23
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The Lifecycle of Snowmicron
In DC, every snowstorm has a name. “Snowzilla.” “Snowpocalypse.” “Snowmageddon.” When it snows in DC, the world stops. The government stops. The buses…
Denise S. Robbins
Jan 9
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Ellie
Ellie (aka Elliephant) died on December 29th. There were many moments in Ellie’s final weeks I made an effort to remember. But I can’t write about them…
Denise S. Robbins
Jan 2
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