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Lately, my time has gone to evaluating my energy drains. As a middle-aged person, I have learned, this is a common theme. Not because we have a collectively, synchronized drive for the mundane; our survival instincts compel us.
We are never going to convince people to live more densely if we don't do something about the terrible building standards for multi-unit housing.
I'm trapped in a lease
Reading the headline “Master Chief has sex in Halo episode 8…” should not have reduced a grown, middle-aged adult to tears. The course change of the lead fictional hero in a video game
Society finally recognizes the benefits of autistic people, but we are saddled with responsibility at home and at work to the point of breaking.
In October, I attended the five day Stanford Neurodiversity
Jubilee Paris Listens to the Stars
By Tara L. Campbell
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My 97-year-old great grandmother Jubilee Paris dropped two seed packets on the kitchen table and declared: “Gracie, it’s time to go listen
