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Jungles

Escaping the chaos of an urban lifestyle to spend time with a family living off-the-grid in the Amazon Jungle

Explore, NatureKeira SinclairMarch 11, 2020explore, nature, family, river, water, jungle, rainforest, plants, off the grid, travel, South America, Bolivia, wander, lost, bugs, insects, food, Spanish

Berlin

An essay that contemplates how the trauma of those who come before us can shape our perspective of a city

Explore, CityK.E. KnoxOctober 16, 2019explore, city, Berlin, Europe, travel, essay, personal essay, family, love, war, WWII, battle, kiss, art, wall, cityscapes, streets, travel essay, politics, Nazi, Germany, German

The Woman I Was Dying to Know

If the price of motherhood voids one's personal identity, perhaps we should reconsider the wager

Grow, SelfTerrance ThomasOctober 7, 2019grow, self, essay, personal essay, family, mother, death, dying, funeral, identity, loss, memory, women, body, makeup, music, grief, dreams

Safe Places

Fiction by Alexandra Hubbell

Reading Isn't Dead

In a world where stories are consistently shared more and more on screens, are we leaving our beloved books behind?

Grow, SocietyLaura StephensonJune 25, 2019grow, society, reading, read, books, story, stories, TV, television, movies, film, book, reader, moving, family, growing up, older

American Cheese

An essay about why it’s important to travel far from home, even when your family doesn’t approve of your adventure

Grow, SelfElise SilversteinApril 23, 2019grow, self, essay, personal essay, travel essay, Italy, food, family, grandmother, summer, WWOOF, farming, gardening, Europe, animals, wildlife, farm, vegetables

Glamourghosts & Other Poems

Poetry by Grey Hudson

Create, WritingGrey HudsonApril 8, 2019create, writing, poems, poetry, poet, poem, family, surreal, art, creative, creative writing, self, fruit, flowers, body image, mind, face, nature

Belonging

Sometimes no matter where you find yourself, the people and the places around you make it feel as if you’re never truly home

A Philosophy of Pixels

An essay that considers what it means to break down parts of the whole, and how each individual segment matters when creating something new

Grow, SocietyRyan NegriniNovember 2, 2018grow, society, television, people, pixels, family, families, alcohol, gathering, politics, art, parts, whole, philosophy, screens, lights, artist, form

Pseudo-Psychology & Psychics

A future-seeker explains how our culture has begun to commodify psychic readings and fortune tellers

A Little While Longer

One millennial’s decision to avoid getting a smartphone for as long as possible

And Then There's Loss

A personal essay confronting loss, and the search for happiness through bouts of depression

Grow, SelfMatthew LitmanFebruary 20, 2018self, grow, depression, death, grandfather, family, stuttering, college, school, running, piano, lost, friends, reflect, uncle, mom, high school

Girl On Fire

When a wildfire swept across her family's property, Addie Gottwald thought her life had gone up in flames as well, only to find herself rising from the ashes

Grow, SelfAddie GottwaldNovember 6, 2017grow, self, wildfire, fire, flames, self-awareness, growth, family, California, smoke, firefighters, rebirth, anew, rebuild, prevention, earth, nature, home

Unmarked

Speculative short fiction by Bethany Nolan

The Corpse

Writer Gerard McArtney weaves together two true stories of death, and ponders over what it means to die with dignity

Grow, SocietyGerard McArtneySeptember 6, 2017grow, society, death, dying, corpse, travel, family, street, hospital, Asia, Australia, grandmother, relationships, wanderlust, strangers

Under Construction

Gabby Bradshaw reflects on what it means to focus arduously on self-work, while offering helpful advice to others

Married with Pride

Shawna Davis reflects on her one-year wedding anniversary to her wife while contemplating how far LGBTQ rights have come

Grow, SocietyShawna DavisJune 23, 2017grow, society, gay marriage, LGBT, LGBTQ, pride, wedding, lesbian, anniversary, gay rights, gay, Pittsburgh, family, coming out

Never Mind the Thorns

Fiction by Michael Ploetz

Create, WritingMichael PloetzApril 18, 2017create, writing, short story, fiction, gardening, adolescence, family, flowers

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