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Balancing Boredom & Busyness, Part 3: The Value of Going Slow, to Go Fast
In this final essay from Balancing Boredom & Busyness, Amber Hammargren explores how slowing down—allowing for stillness, rest, and reflection—makes…
Oct 30
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Amber Hammargren
Balancing Boredom & Busyness, Part 2: Consistency, Mastery, and the Industrial Model
Between the factory floor and the practice room lies a lesson: repetition can imprison or transform, depending on whether we remember we are human.
Oct 23
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Amber Hammargren
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Balancing Boredom & Busyness, Part One: The Speed of Learning
In a culture that measures growth in test scores and speed, Amber Hammargren reflects on what it means to learn and to teach at a human pace.
Oct 16
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Amber Hammargren
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Speak Out Loud: Artwork by Musgo
A bold, vibrant piece that bridges past and present. Musgo reminds us that art can spark memory, courage, and virtuous defiance.
Oct 3
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MUSGO
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Braving Ruin: Three Poems by Samantha Terrell.
"Braving Ruin" is our first contributor publication. We are honored to feature these poems by Samantha Terrell.
Sep 29
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Samantha Terrell
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Red Scare, Blue Scare, Old Fare, Same Snare: Selective Free Speech from McCarthyism to the Kirk Aftermath
The paradox we're living in is that free speech in America is a one-way valve: it's revered for some, but a tool for ridicule and suppression for…
Sep 18
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Robert Daniel
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Authenticity and Shared Freedom: When the Fire Spreads
This is for those without a map: people learning to trust the ember they carry, and to find others tending the fire beside them.
Sep 15
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Robert Daniel
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Labor Day, 2025: Forgotten Flames — The Fireburn, the Thibodaux Massacre, and the Meaning of Labor Day
Freedom is not given—it is practiced. Labor’s history reminds us what it costs to demand dignity.
Sep 1
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Torch & Tinder Press
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Robert Daniel
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Talitha Koum: The Little Girl by the Roadside
A story about bread, broken bones, and the fragile thread of human decency.
Jun 10
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Robert Daniel
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Memorial Day, 2025: For the Sake of Memory
Remembrance is never neutral. It can either uphold erasure or carry forward the stories power tried to silence.
May 26
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Torch & Tinder Press
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Robert Daniel
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Foreshadowed
How a Forgotten Russian Manifesto Helps Explain the World We’re Living In
Apr 24
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Torch & Tinder Press
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Robert Daniel
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What Unfolds Between Us
A reflection on love, need, and shared freedom through the lens of butterflies rising’s poetry.
Apr 19
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Torch & Tinder Press
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Robert Daniel
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