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Swagger & Ink
Topics
- Academia 1
- Ageism 1
- Aging 2
- Aging Angry 2
- Amanda Moments 2
- America 10
- Anger 2
- Chavela 1
- Cruelty 1
- Death 2
- Essay 2
- Family 8
- Inspiration 6
- Interview 10
- LGBTQ 1
- Marriage 1
- Narrative Inquiry 9
- Nature 4
- New Zealand 15
- News 1
- Poetry 22
- Presentation 1
- Publication 3
- Punctuation 1
- Recipe 4
- Review 25
- Short Story 5
- Signs 1
- Social Policy 1
- Teaching 1
- Teaching and Learning 1
- War 2
- Women 3
- Words 3
- Work 1
- Writing 3
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“Patient Zero” (A COVID tale)
In Feb, 2020, a student in New Zealand accused me of infecting her with COVID. Roiling with guilt at 3am, I wrote this story.
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Creating Social Change Through Creativity
Moshoula and Karen have published their amazing interdisciplinary collection on anti-oppressive research methodologies. It includes my chapter, "Conversations with Suzanna.”
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Envy is Ignorance
The waiter's tattoo said, “envy is ignorance.” I replied, “No, it’s a deadly sin.”
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“Breathe Deeply, Read Widely.”