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Pieces
They walk together, hand-in-hand, two small bodies between tall trees. They walk together, standing so straight, with determined, deliberate steps. They…
Apr 22, 2021
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Johannah Blackman
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March 2021
Paused
It’s a fresh morning. And I’m paused by your words, Ms. Oliver. It’s not the goldfinches who urge me to stop on this frigid March day. Nor the…
Mar 5, 2021
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Johannah Blackman
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January 2021
Transform
A shift of light. A cloud slides away from the sun and, quite suddenly, the air fills with motion. Wings of gold flutter as at least fifteen Monarch…
Jan 26, 2021
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Johannah Blackman
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Close Kin
To received Considered Days posts right in your inbox, subscribe to follow the writings shared here. Thank you! My son and I stand in front of the great…
Jan 1, 2021
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Johannah Blackman
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December 2020
Reveal
Music vibrates from my phone speakers as I dash around our small kitchen, serving lunch while making dinner. Dashing. There are moments, these days…
Dec 3, 2020
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Johannah Blackman
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October 2020
What would you do?
“What would you do if you saw a gun?” the doctor asks my daughter, who turned four two weeks ago. I watch as a quizzical look crosses my daughter’s…
Oct 7, 2020
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Johannah Blackman
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May 2020
Listening
I’m listening for the sound of hope. Or perhaps it is the sound of the past. My children and I make our way through the woods behind our home in Maine…
May 15, 2020
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Johannah Blackman
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April 2020
The lesson
We are at the edge of the pond in a patch of sun, seated between bare huckleberry branches. My daughter and son sit in front of me. Their heads bend…
Apr 8, 2020
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Johannah Blackman
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January 2020
Who You Are
Never forget who you are. We crouch near a rock covered in several types of moss. I support your body as you lean over the vibrant layers. Your pudgy…
Jan 12, 2020
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Johannah Blackman
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November 2019
For the sake of noticing
It had been quite a morning. I’d attempted to squeeze in exercise, computer work and cleaning. You – well, you had not wanted to let me out of your…
Nov 23, 2019
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Johannah Blackman
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September 2019
These days
The stories are coming faster and more furiously these days. “What If We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped?” reads a most recent…
Sep 19, 2019
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Johannah Blackman
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August 2019
It's time.
I see it in your eyes and the way your little body moves through your days. Your relationship with time is so different from my own. To you, time is…
Aug 29, 2019
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