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Uber (Spiritual) Eats
When transportation isn't just a ride to and from the airport.
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Jennifer Hotes

June 2022

Hello, Grief, my old friend.
Where have you been? Where have you been?
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How to Listen to Podcasts –
a beginner’s guide with LOTS of resources
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Jennifer Hotes

May 2022

If I say, "I love you," how does that feel?
Does it feel great? Ache beneath your ribs? Stick somewhere in your gut?
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Jennifer Hotes

April 2022

Grief and the Good Dishes
Happy Birthday, Dad!
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Spiritual Hygiene
and the Midnight Self (Spoiler Alert: Mine is a sweaty, itchy Ms. Frizzle)
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How a Spiritual Journey Saved My Life
and relit my sparkle - the birth of Curious Cat Podcast
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March 2022

Stumping the Letter Carrier
The summer before fourth grade, Mom moved us from our cramped, leaky apartment to a house across the Columbia River. The deed for our new house read…
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The BS Meter
And what it has to do with the one-year-ago-game
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February 2022

Up and Down the Boulevard
Summer vacation for me began as a passenger on a road trip I loathed to take. Stuffed in the backseat next to my brother at dawn when our classmates…
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Jennifer Hotes
Basement Dweller
Scrimping, saving, cutting corners, stretching the food budget with government cheese, patching holes in our clothes, after four years my single-mother…
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Jennifer Hotes
Amber Alert and Strangers at School
To the west of our apartment complex was the Jadwin Avenue dead-end. Beside the giant hump of dirt that barred traffic (sort of) grew a clump of…
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