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On Valentine’s Day, loneliness, and the quiet cost of false intimacy. We keep hearing the same phrase repeated like a diagnosis: loneliness is an epidemic. Articles warn of rising isolation. Studies ...

My soul bears her witness. My eyes focused here. My heart keeps time—this memory, clear. The masked man walked, not ran, away. The scene ...

Langston Hughes (February 1), Rosa Parks (February 4), Bob Marley (February 6), Laura Ingalls Wilder, Charles Dickens (February 7), Alice Walker (February 9), Thomas Edison (February 11), Judy Blume, ...

It’s a practical concern, in a way: we can only process as much as we know how to process. If we seek to avoid discomfort, we may not even try to process. If we long to cling to the island of “good ...

The women choosing the bear debate that came to light in 2024 may have taken a back seat to some other controversial debates, but it certainly hasn’t disappeared. It’s been simmering quietly in the ...

There is a way conflict can sound calm, fair, and emotionally mature while quietly eroding clarity. It often shows up as neutrality: “We both played a role,” or “This keeps happening with us.” ...

As a new year rolled into our lives on January 1st, 2026, I was feelin’ what a lot of other folks were saying: It’s impossible that 2006 was 20 years ago. Nopeity, nope, nope, nope. This is not right.

It’s my favorite time of year, the quiet coffee morning moments surrounded by the soft glow of white Christmas tree lights and the aching moans of my midlife body as I wrap presents, sitting on the ...

Learning to say no without feeling like a terrible person changed my life—and it might change yours too. I used to pride myself on being the person everyone could count on. Need someone to cover your ...

New Year’s resolutions are stressful. They’re based on fleeting compulsions that might lead to disappointment. I prefer intentions; they’re less rigid and more authentic. They focus on the “how” ...