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stephanieraffelock
Jun 28, 20232 min read
The Angel of Perspective
The word satan means adversary. The word devil comes from the word Latin diablo, which means an obstacle thrown across the road to change...
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stephanieraffelock
Mar 31, 20236 min read
The Longing To Belong
There is a place in my big story, where all of the smaller stories converge, leading to an ending that marks a new beginning. The arc of...
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stephanieraffelock
Dec 11, 20224 min read
Mark Zuckerberg Broke the World
It wasn’t that long ago that once upon a time, in home nestled into the forest, I lived with my husband, my cat and my dog. Absent from...
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stephanieraffelock
Oct 30, 20223 min read
The Withering Time
My sixties were an exhilarating and dynamic time. I’ve managed to stay active my entire life and as I entered the decade that marks the...
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stephanieraffelock
Feb 27, 20224 min read
Poets Not Politicians
The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine. My friend, photographer Jeannee Sacken posted this on social media today to show...
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stephanieraffelock
Dec 31, 20213 min read
Winter Stories That I know By Heart
Each year changes me, remolds me, like clay becoming a pot, unfinished and waiting. Each place changes me. This place, Austin, is like a...
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stephanieraffelock
Dec 14, 20212 min read
Cultivate the Sweet Moments
Tom dresses up like Santa Claus. He has decorated a corner of his front yard with Christmas backdrops pinned to the fence, along with...
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stephanieraffelock
Nov 28, 20214 min read
The Art of Balance
I barreled through the month of November with the determination and tenacity of an ambitious thirty-five year old, only to collide with...
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stephanieraffelock
Aug 16, 20213 min read
Monday Morning Churning
The rains came yesterday afternoon. Thunder, lightening, the drama pressing itself against the windows. I read while I stroked the dog’s...
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stephanieraffelock
Jun 29, 20216 min read
Menopause Is An Initiation
Why does nature keep us alive after we can no longer reproduce? Our biological usefulness that assures the proliferation of the species...
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stephanieraffelock
May 6, 20214 min read
Happy Mother's Day
If she were alive this mother’s day, my mom would be a hundred and ten years old. She’s been gone for twenty years, but I can still hear...
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stephanieraffelock
Mar 12, 20212 min read
A New Way Forward
The atoms of darkness break apart as light breathes itself into the day. I’m on the edge of myself, picking politics from my teeth,...
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stephanieraffelock
Jan 21, 20212 min read
Full Stop
This is my sixth day of quarantine and still no results from the COVID test. I remain fairly certain that what I have is a challenging...
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