The Breaking Open
Mary FifieldMusings, opinions, and art that embrace uncertainty in this intensely upside-down world.
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Resisting the Distraction Machine
At my favorite local coffeehouse, I was eavesdropping on the conversation between the gregarious and thoughtful barista and a regular, probably in her mid 40s. Based on her personal experience, the customer recommended a natural, mineral-ba...
Remembrance of Septembers Past
Rooftop restaurant view of Catedral de San Idelfonso, Mérida, August 28, 2026
In late August, almost twenty-five years to the day of my first and only previous visit to the Yucatán Peninsula in September 2001, I found myself there again. W...
Home Repairs, in Surround Sound
Photo by Sergej ***** on Unsplash
I realized once Matt Damon showed up in this post that what I’d intended to write had taken quite a different turn. But the journey from upstate New York to fictional Ithaca unearthed some unexpected musin...
Devices, Jazz, and the "Frictionless Future"
A Tokyo classic.
Tokyo, Japan, spring 2026. It was my first time in the country and for my partner Hammy, a return after 30 years. Fluent in Japanese, he lived and worked there before smartphones were everywhere. I speak about 20 words of...
Don't lie back and think of the singularity.
Do as I say, not as I do. Photo credit: friend and fellow jungle trekker Kelly Mullaney.
I was late to the game on the controversy over a prize-winning short story that is widely believed to be wholly AI-generated. By the time the news rea...
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Fiction writer, community philanthropy practitioner, traveler, Spanish speaker, fan of planet Earth.
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