stephanieraffelock
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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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