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On the Utility of Metaphors for Disasters
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Beth Eakman Re
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February 2023

On the Nature of Understanding
A reminder that we live in the blurry spaces between domestication and chaos
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Beth Eakman Re
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January 2023

Warrior Bunny says The Next Thing was here all along
A look back at my first year of The Next Thing
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Beth Eakman Re
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November 2022

Writing Lessons: The "Lowering Medicine" of Community
"We have all got to exert ourselves a little to keep sane...."
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Beth Eakman Re
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October 2022

"Fatuous navel gazing," lowered standards, and the art of the graceful return
I've been gone for a while and now I'm back. That's as graceful as it gets and I'm trying to lower my standards and be okay with that.
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March 2022

Let go or be dragged: A Zen proverb for March
Mixing metaphors, homilies, horoscope advice, and one theorem from statistics
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Beth Eakman Re
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February 2022

Stalking needs a #MeToo movement
What's happening to Kim Kardashian is nauseatingly common; just ask me; just ask anyone.
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Beth Eakman Re
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Old Dog Energy and the Optimism of Puppies
Puppy school, a lovely beach, and wisdom from Bull Durham
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The North* Remembers
Forecasts of "wintery mix" for the Central Texas region are giving us flashbacks of a very bad week last year. (*North Austin)
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Ask a Smart Person: An Interview with Melody Warnick
Talking about loving where you live, making friends as adults, and the motivational power of misery with the person who literally wrote the book on the…
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Beth Eakman Re
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January 2022

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