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Darkness & Light

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Lindsey Crittenden

Lent has officially ended. Today is Good Friday, the second of the three days (Triduum) leading up to Easter Sunday.  Today — or rather, tonight, at sundown — marks the start of  Passover.  I’ve been thinking today about story, without … Continue reading →

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Field Trip

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Lindsey Crittenden

I’ve always been self-disciplined, to a fault perhaps. Responsible, accountable. Dogged, in the damning term of one of my grad-school advisers. Lindsey is nothing if not dogged, she wrote in my file, words that stung when I found them with … Continue reading →

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The Unbaked Pies

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Lindsey Crittenden

  This essay first appeared in the 12/27/96 issue of East Bay Express.  Eighteen years later, on the 5th day of Christmas,  it feels as much a seasonal post as anything new I might write.      A week before … Continue reading →

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Back In the (Blog) Saddle

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Lindsey Crittenden

I know.  I’ve posted this before.  And no one likes an excuse.  Tedious, really, and ultimately who cares?  So I’ll just say:  I’m back.  Thanks to Meghan Ward (of Writerland), I’m sitting down this Friday morning to post here.  “Are you … Continue reading →

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Stealing

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Lindsey Crittenden

As you can tell if you regularly read this blog — and if you do, you have my undying gratitude! — I’ve been remiss in my posting.  Vacation; a week of teaching; deadlines…and well, here we are in August. I’m … Continue reading →

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