Jiminy Cockroach
When I was twelve-years-old, I flew on a plane by myself for the first time to visit New Orleans — or “N’warlins.” It was summer vacation...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Apr 11, 2022
- 6 min
No Drowsy Drivers!
I woke up this morning before the sun rose. This isn’t a huge deal in the mountains. Those gigantic rocks keep the sun from hitting land...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Nov 16, 2021
- 10 min
Setting the Standards
Thank you to MN Playlist for publishing the following article on its website 11/16/21. To see the original posting click here. Local...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Apr 10, 2021
- 5 min
The Sun Finally Sets for Big Red
My mother was a badass. Not in a Xena Warrior Princess kind of way, but a warrior nonetheless. She was 5’ 2” but her nickname was “Big...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Apr 2, 2021
- 5 min
The Death Rattle
There is a sound reverberating through the house tonight. It’s the sound of my mother’s labored last breaths. She will soon find her way...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
A Pandemic of Harm
I was honored with the request to submit a letter to the Public Safety Committee of the Minnesota State Legislature last week, as they...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Jan 9, 2021
- 3 min
A WAR THAT HAS NO NAME
There is an image from Wednesday’s siege of the Capitol building that is so disturbing to me. It’s not the guy with his feet on Speaker...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Dec 30, 2020
- 12 min
DANCING ON LANDMINES
DANCING ON LANDMINES: The Continuing Saga of CTC I saw a photograph the other day that sent me directly to the core of my trauma. An old...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Oct 9, 2020
- 8 min
IS JUSTICE EVEN POSSIBLE?
I spent several hours the other day reading the transcript of my trial against Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) from January of 2019. I’m...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Oct 5, 2020
- 6 min
TWO OF HEARTS
“Do you know where mom’s teeth are?” my brother asked from the other end of the phone line. “No,” I replied, “She had taken them out...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Sep 25, 2020
- 3 min
THE JOURNEY
“The journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath your feet.” Lao-Tzu RBG died a week ago today. I’ve spent much of this past week in...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Sep 23, 2020
- 4 min
TIME TO LISTEN
There’s a lot of noise in the world right now; firecrackers, gun shots, sirens, people yelling at each other, dogs barking, horns...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Sep 19, 2020
- 2 min
I DARE YOU, MITCH
Give us a reason, I dare you. We are circling. We weep over the body of our beloved warrior sister Ruth, but don’t mistake our tears for...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Sep 5, 2020
- 4 min
The Alzheimer's Handbook
If I had to create a handbook for dealing with Alzheimer's, it would be two words long: Expect anything. Every day is an adventure. Oh...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Jun 27, 2020
- 5 min
THE NAMES OF FLOWERS
Heartbreak can look like many things. An ice-cream cone upside down on a sidewalk, the plaintive wail of a mother in mourning, a goose...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Jun 8, 2020
- 8 min
LEARNING TO WALK: A White Lady’s Opinion on Minnesota Nice, White Privilege, and Police Reform
I recently watched a series on Netflix called “Babies”. In it the researchers find that human infants, though unable to walk at birth,...
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Laura B. Stearns
- May 9, 2020
- 3 min
That's it, I'm done!
I've had it, I throw my hands up and walk away. I have no time for this. I’m tired of push notifications and reading headlines that bring...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Mar 23, 2020
- 3 min
PERMISSION TO DO NOTHING
I’m giving myself permission to be a slacker. There, I’ve said it. I’ve been watching people via social media, because we can’t actually...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Feb 23, 2020
- 9 min
THE WORST KEPT SECRET
There are a few books I can’t bring myself to read. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is one of them. There is nothing in me that...
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Laura B. Stearns
- Jan 29, 2020
- 4 min
THE NATURE OF TRIGGERS:
THE NATURE OF TRIGGERS: Triggered adjective 1. (of a mechanism) activated by a trigger. "a triggered alarm" 2. (of a response) caused by...
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