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Loss Thought #2

Helen and Cricket had a sibling-like relationship. They squabbled frequently, but also teamed up against external irritants like cats on…

4 min readJan 21, 2022

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Loss Thought #2

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Loss Thought #1

I put off telling my coworkers about my dog’s death until this afternoon, three days after the fact. For some reason, I couldn’t bring…

4 min readJan 21, 2022

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Loss Thought #1

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Today’s Email to the Grandkids

Every week, I write emails to my two grandkids. Their mom set up accounts for them when they were born, and gives the addresses to people…

4 min readJan 18, 2022

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Today’s Email to the Grandkids

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Just Kristin
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Been old for a while now…

Back when I was kicking off my second (successful) attempt to graduate from university, I was taking a physics course… I think it was the…

2 min readJan 12, 2022

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Been old for a while now…

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I love you, man…

My computer just reminded me that I have a Zoom one-on-one today with my boss. Upon reading this reminder, my first thought was, “I love…

2 min readJan 11, 2022

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I love you, man…

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Just Kristin
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Next Olympic Sport?

A few things help me stop the mental spin enough to occasionally vanquish the insomnia demon. A whiskey pickle-back. Melatonin. TV or…

2 min readJan 11, 2022

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Next Olympic Sport?

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Where do you feel it?

10 Percent Happier is my meditation app of choice, at least for guided meditation and mindfulness instruction. Thanks to the instructors…

1 min readJan 7, 2022

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Where do you feel it?

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Socratic Dialog and Freedom?

In 2004, my daughter and I took a course in Socratic dialog at UCSD Extension taught by Maria daVenza Tillmanns. I had, at that point, had…

2 min readJan 5, 2022

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Apology: Bindi

Dear lovely Target cashier,

2 min readJan 3, 2022

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Just Kristin
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Maybe “Fake” is the Problem

Yesterday I stopped by a local discount store to buy gum balls: not the tiny ones that go in home gum ball dispensers, but rather the large…

4 min readJan 2, 2022

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Just Kristin

Just Kristin

She/They/He. Opsimath, woolgatherer and wanderer. Companion to a literal and a metaphorical black dog. Accomplice to a dragon. Mother of one lone loin-fruit.

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