#personal-essay — Public Fediverse posts
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"As often happens when you say I’ll worry about it later, later happened, and spring brought a bumper crop of dandelions absolutely thrilled to have found a yard owned by an anti-pesticide crusader with no affinity for lawn care." —Maggie Slepian on why you should kill your lawn (on purpose).
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The Journey of a Glass Child: Embracing Uniqueness
Growing up, I was always the "weird" kid who couldn't fit in, even with my own family, a round peg in a square, rigid hole. I preferred creative things like music, art, and writing, often spending time riding my bike or walking. This was quite different from my peers, who were into sports, the military, travel, boating, and horses—activities my family couldn't afford. So I stayed in my own world, where I was happy and content. My extracurriculars weren't the usual after-school sports. […]https://dreamspacestudio.net/the-journey-of-a-glass-child-embracing-uniqueness/
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What We Lose with Cultural Extinction: The Red Thread Cut | 🔗 https://brennan.day/what-we-lose-with-cultural-extinction-the-red-thread-cut/
#PersonalEssay #History #Politics #Culture #Language #Indigenous #Colonialism #Identity
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The Self
A bicycle isn't its wheels. It isn't the frame, the chain, the person pedaling, or the road. Take any one away and you don't have a broken bicycle but something that was never a bicycle to begin with. We point at things and say that's 'it'. That's the self. That's what's real. But every time you reach for the thing itself, you find it's made entirely of other things, which are made of other things and somewhere in that regression you either panic or you start to find it funny. The self […]https://ridiculousbharath.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/the-self/
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Last Online 640 Weeks Ago: Why I'm Loyal to the IndieWeb | 🔗 https://brennan.day/last-online-640-weeks-ago-why-i-m-loyal-to-the-indieweb/
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The Hondius Pneumonia (Low Risk Assessment) | 🔗 https://brennan.day/the-hondius-pneumonia-low-risk-assessment/
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Where is the Indigenous Cultural Revolution? | 🔗 https://brennan.day/where-is-the-indigenous-cultural-revolution/
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Announcing My New Radio Show (a Love Letter to Public Access Television) | 🔗 https://brennan.day/announcing-my-new-radio-show-a-love-letter-to-public-access-television/
#PersonalEssay #Community #Radio #Technology #IndieWeb #CreativeProcess #Technical
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Writers Who Burned All Their Words feat. Bix Frankonis | 🔗 https://brennan.day/writers-who-burned-all-their-words-feat-bix-frankonis/
#PersonalEssay #Writing #Literature #DigitalCulture #Blogging #IndieWeb
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Dreamwidth and Yearning for Humanity on the Web | 🔗 https://brennan.day/dreamwidth-and-yearning-for-humanity-on-the-web/
#PersonalEssay #IndieWeb #SocialCommentary #Community #Internet
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Writing in the Age of AI: A Personal Essay https://www.antonmb.com/en/blog/writing-in-the-age-of-ai #AI #Writing #ArtificialIntelligence #PersonalEssay #Research #CriticalThinking #Creativity #ThoughtLeadership -
Video Games that Secretly Teach Mathematics | 🔗 https://brennan.day/video-games-that-secretly-teach-mathematics/
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Floating Up: An Interview with the creator of Bubbles.town, Benjamin Behnke | 🔗 https://brennan.day/floating-up-an-interview-with-the-creator-of-bubbles-town-benjamin-behnke/
#IndieWeb #Interview #CulturalCriticism #SocialCommentary #PersonalEssay
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Q&A With Sonja Livingston, Winner of the 6th Annual WD Personal Essay Awards
In this Q&A with Sonja Livingston, winner of the 6th annual WD Personal Essay Awards, she shares the inspiration for the essay and her drafting process.
The post Q&A With Sonja Livingston, Winner of the 6th Annual WD Personal Essay Awards appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/qa-sonja-livingston-winner-6th-annual-wd-personal-essay-awards#PersonalEssay #WDCompetitions #WriteBetterNonfiction #CompetitionWinners #PersonalEssayAwards
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How to Read Your Work Aloud: Writer’s Digest 6th Annual Personal Essay Awards Winner
Congratulations to Sonja Livingston, Grand Prize winner of the 6th Annual Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards. Here’s her winning essay, “How to Read Your Work Aloud: A Ten Point List.”
The post How to Read Your Work Aloud: Writer’s Digest 6th Annual Personal Essay Awards Winner appeared first on Writer's Digest.
https://www.writersdigest.com/writers-digest-6th-annual-personal-essay-awards-winner#BeInspired #FromtheMagazine #FromtheWinners #PersonalEssay #PersonalEssays
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How and Why I Believe in God: The Ballad of Tragic Theism | 🔗 https://brennan.day/how-and-why-i-believe-in-god-the-ballad-of-tragic-theism/
#PersonalEssay #Theology #Christianity #Buddhism #Spirituality #Philosophy #Métis
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A THOUSAND CRANES: Why I Write Every Day | 🔗 https://brennan.day/a-thousand-cranes-why-i-write-every-day/
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A personal essay on living with schizophrenia, loving genuinely despite broken signals, and the slow, unglamorous work of becoming whole.
#mentalhealth #schizophrenia #grief #love #disability #neurodivergent #healing #awareness #relationships #stigma #accountability #personalessay #growth #truth #faith #Malaysia #BPD #justice #humanity #recovery