Culture

6/28/2025 It seems that we are being bombarded with two primary uses of culture. The first is the separate cultures of different people in America. The second is a way to categorize waves of connected, specific ideas. In the first use, and in my context, it's the ideas of Majority Culture and Hispanic/Latino Culture. And I know that this is real. At least, it's certainly real to some degree. But generally, I see this used…
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Longing

6/27/2025 Merriam-Webster defines it as a strong desire especially for something unattainable. Longing. To long for something then is to feel a strong desire of craving especially for something not likely to be attained. Longing for something unattainable seems like a waste of time at best. Like me longing to be 6'3". Or 25. I don't, by the way... But what are examples of good longing? Let's try some out... Longing for the end of…
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Some stuff I’m grateful for

6/22/2025 There's a bunch of things that we could complain about. Often what gets our goat so much is stuff that we can't really do anything about. I think there's a bit of the complainer in all of us. Even me :). There's also a bunch to be grateful for. I started a little list of things that come to mind... Family. I am grateful knowing that I'm connected to a network of people who…
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