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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Dec 10, 2019
- 1 min
I am nothing
I am nothing if not my word. I'm not sure where I first heard that, but it has stuck with me. What am I if not my word? I am an...
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