a thought from katherine: taking the fangs out of taking space

earlier this week i was having my regular friend convo with my friend katherine and she said something that felt really powerful. i’m paraphrasing a bit (and i hope someday soon she’ll write/audio about this so i can cite her instead of my paraphase 😜) but here goes:

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black history/futures: a mile

it's feb! that means it's black history/futures month. my goal in 2024 is one flash fiction story per week. all stories from this month and past years here.

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family vacation: an oxymoron - follow up

in the weeks after i sent out lqb2weekly #191 (which included my post on family vacation as an oxymoron), i got a significant amount of feedback pointing to the reality that it really resonated with some folks! i heard it got shared to at least one listserv, one big group text thread, discussed in a few households, and i got a few emails about it.

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black history/futures: allying with earth

it's feb! that means it's black history/futures month. my goal in 2024 is one flash fiction story per week. all stories from this month and past years here.

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couple coincidence: younger firstborns with older lastborns

ok so this is a WILD fling of a thought that is mostly hilarious but might have glimmer of something valuable in it somewhere…

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