Beginning Where You Are
Elizabeth M. Johnson (she/her)What happens in Vegas NEVER stays in Vegas. Exploring how personal history shows up in everyday life.
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#FridayQuestion: How do you puzzle?
Who says puzzles are a winter pastime?
It’s getting too hot to be outdoors in the coming dog days of summer. Jigsaw puzzles, then, are a perfect lazy day activity. With their fragmented, kooky shapes they are a craft project that’s more pa...
#FridayQuestion - This week I learned...
Savvy readers will notice I posted this question a few months back. But I like it and I learned a few new things this week so I’m offering it out again…
- Of the 30,000-50,000 remaining African elephants, half of that number is u...
Summer Reading Recommendations - {throwback edition!}
No essay this month…I’m going straight to summer reading recommendations.
I don’t read what some people like to call “fluff”. Not because I think I’m too good for it (I don’t) but because if I crave something light, I usually re-read a fa...
#FridayQuestion: What Are The Stories That Haunt You?
Rose Marie (Rosemary) Kennedy, JFK’s younger sister, was institutionalized after a lobotomy at age 23 in 1941.
Wait, who?
I don’t give a fig about the Kennedys and I’d never heard of Rosemary Kennedy before I picked up Kate Clifford Lars...
#FridayQuestion: Are you reading? (POLL)
“The median American read 2 books in 2025. On average, Americans read 8 books. The average books read is higher than the median books read because the small number of heavy readers increases the total number of books read by the same number...
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I don't run from your messy story; I believe it. 20 yrs working with survivors and in trauma education. Memoir in progress.
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