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The morning's words
“If you’re ambitious you’ll have a career path set by your 30s,” the kindly retired man offered in response to my verbalized indecision. His voice had a rambling tone that near… more →
I, a bell awakened
the morning's words
Kayla wrote 6 months ago: “If you’re ambitious you’ll have a career path set by your 30s,” the kindly … more →
clinging onto words
Kayla wrote 6 months ago: Front-page news in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette: The price of stamps increased two cents due to the f … more →
to deconstruct a tree house
Kayla wrote 6 months ago: A person lived under a tree in a lot around the corner from my house. It was a giant pine tree with … more →
happily unexpected
Kayla wrote 7 months ago: “It seems like miracles always happen around here,” my supervisor said over the rim of his early mor … more →
beneath the floorboards
Kayla wrote 7 months ago: “That guy who killed the Pittsburgh cops this weekend,” my co-worker said. “Everyo … more →
whole against the sky
Kayla wrote 8 months ago: I recently learned of the growing trend to “twitter” (can you use that as a verb?) when … more →
glimpsing her eyes
Kayla wrote 9 months ago: She’s an elderly woman who I encounter about once each week, and every time she acts sporadically pa … more →
a knock on the window
Kayla wrote 9 months ago: I work with homeless people every day. Since my job involves admitting people into a respite care pr … more →
have less, live more
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Kayla wrote 10 months ago: Last year I got really interested in the idea of a buy nothing Christmas, so this past Christmas I f … more →
i wonder if i'll see another highway
Kayla wrote 10 months ago: I think you’re better off this way anyways. … more →
something like peace
Kayla wrote 1 year ago: There’s been a recent surge of people finding my blog by searching for “peace.” It … more →
that others may simply live
Kayla wrote 1 year ago: I recently visited the Ecological Footprint Calculator, a website that has you answer questions abou … more →
love will come set me free
Kayla wrote 1 year ago: a watch-worthy combination of lyrics, music, and images in Brett Dennen’s music video for his … more →
the city lights are more or less blinking
Kayla wrote 1 year ago: This weekend I went on a camping trip with our church’s youth group full of city kids, most of … more →
sick of greed
Kayla wrote 1 year ago: I recently watched Michael Moore’s Sicko, his documentary based on the American health care sy … more →
"There has never been anything false about hope"
Kayla wrote 1 year ago: As we reach the end of George W.’s presidency, I realize that there’s one thing about th … more →
the question of enough
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Kayla wrote 1 year ago: Today in church I got into a conversation with a church member about the downfalls of sweatshops. Sh … more →
make affluence history
Kayla wrote 1 year ago: Today as I folded and set out towels for the club swimmers, a girl about seven years old walked up t … more →
