Stories from the Commons
Jean & Pat - In the Commons, [email protected], Pat Mulroy, ChristineIn Stories of the Commons we hope to lift up stories that elevate how ordinary people are doing extraordinary things for the common good. Listen in, share a story, write with us!
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September 19, 2026
Rebar Goodnight
Downhill in dusk past the derelict school
whose margins the city keeps spraying
with a pesticide that wiped out a hive
in the community garden. My girl clipped
pepper spray to my keychain, saying
tough guy, when...
September 18, 2026
On Our Belonging to Each Other
As a teacher — I teach in Chicago, and I watch students fear each other. I come into a class, and African-American students are on one side, and white students are on the other side. Or I come into a cla...
September 17, 2026
There Is No Good Word for Goodbye
Sokoya, I said, looking through
the net of wrinkles into
wise black pools
of her eyes.
What do you say in Athabascan
when you leave each other?
What is the word
for goodbye...
Loyal Housewife by Daisy Zamora
Everything ended with the honeymoon,
the orange blossoms, the love letters,
the childish whipping.
Now you crawl at your master’s feet.
First in his harem,
taken or abandoned according to his will.
Mother of children who bear his...
September 15, 2026
We spend a lot of time throughout our lives naming things—our children, our loved ones, animals, plants, places—but there are experiences so subtle and fleeting that language hasn’t quite caught up with them.
And I think there’s som...
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In the Stories of the Commons we hope to lift up stories of the commons by ordinary people who are doing extraordinary things. Read, Listen in, Share!
I believe in a world where everyone is free & equal. A human rights activist within the LGBTQ+ community, I am a person of faith who lives into hope. I am at home in nature, hiking mountains and being at the sea. Peace.
I find courage in the beautiful life I am living. I find courage in my family, my friends, the work of my heart. I love reading, exploring, being outside. I find beauty in the little things and getting quiet enough to experience them.
I write about the beautiful, messy work of being human. Expect stories of family, caregiving, blindness, poetry, leadership, laughter, and the everyday moments that remind us we’re not meant to navigate life alone.
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