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Coffee+Crumbs: Out Damn Spot Coffee & Crumbs
April 27, 2021

Coffee+Crumbs: Out Damn Spot

“Stop washing your hands so much,” the dermatologist tells me in February of 2020. I…
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Coffee+Crumbs: All By Myself Coffee & Crumbs
April 27, 2021

Coffee+Crumbs: All By Myself

“I am alone. I am utterly alone.” I was 11 years old and felt seen…
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Coffee+Crumbs: Falling to Pieces Coffee & Crumbs
February 15, 2021

Coffee+Crumbs: Falling to Pieces

There’s this word puzzle I work every morning. It has letter tiles like Scrabble but…
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Coffee+Crumbs: Scream Queen Coffee & Crumbs
February 15, 2021

Coffee+Crumbs: Scream Queen

She’s a screamer. I’ve tried everything but two-year-old Evie just needs to yell it out.…
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Coffee+Crumbs: Explaining 2020 to My Grandkid Someday Coffee & Crumbs
January 5, 2021

Coffee+Crumbs: Explaining 2020 to My Grandkid Someday

“Grandmommy, tell me the story of 2020,” the little girl begged. “Are you sure, sweetie?…
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Coffee+Crumbs: Conversations in the Land of Nod Coffee & Crumbs
November 11, 2020

Coffee+Crumbs: Conversations in the Land of Nod

When my kids were little, I looked at the bleary-eyed older parents around me with…
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Coffee+Crumbs: Maybe I Could Fake My Own Death Coffee & Crumbs
October 14, 2020

Coffee+Crumbs: Maybe I Could Fake My Own Death

I keep fantasizing about faking my own death. After—how many months of lockdown? I’ve lost…
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Coffee+Crumbs: Flat Colorado Coffee & Crumbs
September 24, 2020

Coffee+Crumbs: Flat Colorado

The thing they don’t tell you is how Colorado is flat. As a kid from…
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Coffee+Crumbs: Parenting in the Buff…y Coffee & Crumbs
June 22, 2020

Coffee+Crumbs: Parenting in the Buff…y

We decided to spend the apocalypse introducing our kids to our favorite TV show of…
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Coffee+Crumbs: On Cloth Diapers and Coming of Age in the Age of Coronavirus Coffee & Crumbs
June 16, 2020

Coffee+Crumbs: On Cloth Diapers and Coming of Age in the Age of Coronavirus

My son just turned thirteen. His grand plans to take friends to a fully-immersive virtual…
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