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The story of how I became a writer starts with Greta deJong and the first time I walked through the door of a big pink
November 30, 2020
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The story of how I became a writer starts with Greta deJong and the first time I walked through the door of a big pink
I’m one of the healthy, active ones who got it. I danced with King Covid. It was a tricky, unpredictable dance—one that had no rhythm,
One family’s experience working the pandemic. Watching my 21-year-old getting ready to go off to work at an area hospital emergency department as the pandemic
And now a word from your bookkeeper. I had my first breakdown on Wednesday afternoon, March 25. I was sitting at my desk and this
I started working at my local grocery store almost two years ago. What began as a way to put myself through the final two years
Is remembering enough? I see echoes. There is a line of demarcation in my life. There is a before, when the future occupied the bulk
SCArRED Concerning the life of a gay LDS missionary I sat, seatbelt tight across my body, steering wheel wondering if I would reverse and drive
Conversation is more important than steering the beast Two months after I stopped driving, I decided I wanted to be a Lyft driver. I had
Your past, spoken or unspoken, is carried in your blood I was kidnapped when I was three months old. My 24-year-old mother left me lying
Out of her car and her comfort zone, one woman learns how to lower her carbon footprint (and gains confidence along the way)
Soften your gaze, empty your mind and the loud city will go quiet Most mornings, I step out my front door and wonder how the
A nature is about to give way to warehouses, a poet pays homage to the antelope, raptors and shorebirds whose habitat, the northwest quadrant of
by David Kranes No pain can be too much of a good thing. The danger of “staying ahead of the pain” with Lortab, the “good
by You: the Reader A collection of first-person, non-fiction essays written by you, the CATALYST reader. First Person was a popular occasional column that ran
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