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Game of Anger and Speech
Cryptic crosswords deepened my bond with my father, but how would they survive his stroke?
 • Gargi Mehra
Object-ives #53: Oinky, the Pig
Finding magic in the impractical
 • Sara Lavan
Show Me the Love by Leaving Me Alone
How my mother’s nine-month silence inspired my own retreat
 • Sumitra Mattai
Why I Collect Encounters with Snakes
How going hiking evolved into a very different hobby
 • Kirsten Love
Object-ives #52: I Lost the One Thing I Always Said I’d Save in a Fire
Without my photo albums, I’ll have to remember on my own
 • Eva Langston
Pelvic Floor Therapy Helped Me Live Again
How a little-talked-about therapy helped me get unstuck and find a path forward
 • Lynn Badgett
Object-ives #51: The Purloined Desk
Why my secretary writing desk continues to haunt me
 • Marcy Kelly
What I Learned from My Dying Dog Daughter
Things the ER has taught me about motherhood
 • scarlett choi
Object-ives #50: My 1990 Fugazi Ticket Stub
Why I’ve held onto this musical memento for so long
 • Molly McCloy
I Thought I Was In Love With My Roommate. I Wanted To Be Her.
Decades later, a social media surprise reminded me I had become the woman I once wished I could be
 • Kristin Amico

August 2026

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