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Lauren Leach-Steffens
Sep 17, 20202 min read
Discussion with My Alter-Ego
Hi, my name is Marcie, and I am eight years old. I had my birthday two -- no, two months and seven days ago, and I'm counting down to the...
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Lauren Leach-Steffens
Sep 17, 20201 min read
The Ugliest Truths about the Fairest of Them All
Our fairy tales can destroy us. If you think of it, fairy tales are usually not about fairies per se, but about magical thinking: "If...
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Lauren Leach-Steffens
Sep 17, 20201 min read
Autumn is Not for You
Autumn is not for you, my misty faun — The primroses long dead, sunflowers gone. I walk alone on the last fair autumn night, With...
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Lauren Leach-Steffens
Sep 17, 20201 min read
Guest Post from Buddy the Cat
Hey, I'm Buddy. I'm a cat, as you may have gathered from the title. Suspend your disbelief for a moment and accept that you're reading a...
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Lauren Leach-Steffens
Sep 17, 20201 min read
Valentine's Day According to Economics
When I'm not writing, I am a family economist/behavioral economist. The philosophy behind both of those is that I study the use of time,...
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Lauren Leach-Steffens
Sep 17, 20201 min read
Thunderstorms
It's six-fifteen in the morning and it still looks like night. We are in the midst of thunderstorms, although I think we're between...
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Lauren Leach-Steffens
Sep 17, 20202 min read
The Seasons of the Academic Year
It's August first, and I can feel the season change even though it's warm outside. That's because I base my seasons on the academic...
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Lauren Leach-Steffens
Sep 17, 20201 min read
Elegy for Les
Cells expire, Molecules cleave, Life departs. Your atoms scatter, We breathe them in, We breathe your love in, We breathe your magic in,...
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