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A cat scratch, a portal
There’s a photograph of a ceiling hanging on our wall. It was taken at an angle, from below and to the side, in a construction zone, with stairs leading…
Denise S. Robbins
Jan 29
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These shriveled fingers
These shriveled fingers are red with cold, engagement ring loosening, threatening to fall. We are getting our photos taken, standing on the ice with no…
Denise S. Robbins
Jan 15
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RIP to the Christmas Trains, Hello to the New Year
Listen now (9 min) | A little holiday reading
Denise S. Robbins
Jan 1
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December 2022
Seven thousand photos
In 2022, I took a thousand photos of things that don’t matter, and not enough of the things that do. I wrote a thousand little thoughts in the Notes app…
Denise S. Robbins
Dec 18, 2022
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November 2022
People exist
I went down to get my mail and found a L.L. Bean catalog. I’ve never purchased anything from L.L. Bean, but I do happen to own a hand-me-down L.L. Bean…
Denise S. Robbins
Nov 13, 2022
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October 2022
I’m a big baby (and so are you)
It was incubating. It was waiting. Did my writing seem low-energy two weeks ago? It was. I didn’t know it myself, but It was perched inside me…
Denise S. Robbins
Oct 30, 2022
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The structure of a catfight
Feet Flatten everything. They flatten their ears, flatten their backs, burrow themselves into the hardwood floor, preparing for a leap. Preparing for…
Denise S. Robbins
Oct 16, 2022
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I repent
I can remember four times this summer when a clear skies forecast left me unprepared for a dumping thunderstorm, and at least four other times when I…
Denise S. Robbins
Oct 2, 2022
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September 2022
We are all ear crystals
Tiny crystals of calcium carbonate line your inner ear. Their role is this: submit to gravity. Tell the body which way is down. When you move, they…
Denise S. Robbins
Sep 4, 2022
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August 2022
Make things hard
It was a hot dry day. Seth wanted to go on a thirty-mile bike ride. We were bikeless. We found a bike store. They had normal bikes. They also had tandem…
Denise S. Robbins
Aug 21, 2022
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Attack of the ice cream
It was the most important decision I had to make all day. The only decision I had to make all day. But my options were limited. It was between a plain…
Denise S. Robbins
Aug 7, 2022
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July 2022
Walked into Marshalls, feeling cute
It was a Friday night and I had nothing to do. But there’s always something fun to see at Marshalls, where everything’s on sale and nothing makes sense…
Denise S. Robbins
Jul 24, 2022
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