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Writing Again, by Shawn Li

Writing Again, by Shawn Li

“Where do I begin?” I wonder. The last time I wrote for actual public consumption was in the blogging eras of the early 2000s. Our social networks then, pre-Facebook, cultivated the practice of writing, a natural direction of public penmanship for an audience (our friends), and we could report on…
Rattlesnake Ridge, by Helen Nicole Hill

Rattlesnake Ridge, by Helen Nicole Hill

I have hiked this hike since 1997 when I was young, agile and fit. My mom named it rattlesnake ridge the first time we went to the summit. We looked over the fields and off into the distant hazy hills. A sudden rattling sound took our attention from the sprawling…