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The Keepthings

Deborah Way, Jen Machajewski, Kasia Nikhamina, Jocelyn Jane Cox, Linda's Reflections, Carson Landolina, Betty-Jo Tilley

What memento would you keep after the death of someone you love? These are the stories of lost loved ones, inspired by the things they left behind. A new story of love + grief every week, plus occasional subscriber bonus content.

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THE LOVE CUFF

In the summer of 1993, about a week after my grandmother Marybelle’s funeral, my grandfather asked me to take him to the hospital. He had been coughing and generally feeling weak but hadn’t wanted to leave Mom-Mom’s side during her extended...

6 days ago
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THE WEDDING-CAKE BRIDE

Growing up, my mother’s mission in life was to be a good girl. By birth order, she was sandwiched between two brothers who were disciplined daily for causing as much trouble as possible, and she lived in fear of receiving the belt whippings...

20 days ago
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ALEX'S VICTORINOX

When we signed the lease on our first and only flat—Windsor, England, August 2012—I was 23 and Alex was 24. I was from L.A., he was an Englishman, and we’d met as students at Oxford. Though we’d shared a tiny dorm room for two years, moving...

a month ago
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In praise of memorial benches

I love coming upon a memorial bench. A place to sit and appreciate life, knowing that somebody someone else loved also came there to sit, or to read, or chat, or enjoy a good hot coffee or nice cold beer, or meet a friend, or people-watch, ...

a month ago
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Authors

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  • Deborah Way

    Ex-magazine editor, writer, creator/publisher of The Keepthings.

  • Jen Machajewski

    Sensory sensitive. Runs on peanut butter. Flash published in Brevity Blog, Hippocampus, Multiplicity, and 5 Minute Lit.

  • Kasia Nikhamina

    Kasia Nikhamina is a writer of fiction and creative nonfiction. She is a 2025 Writing Fellow @apublicspace. She also runs Redbeard Bikes, a bike fit studio in DUMBO, Brooklyn, with Ilya, her husband.

  • Jocelyn Jane Cox

    Jocelyn Jane Cox holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She is a former competitive figure skater (for 11 years) and coach (for 20 years) with a memoir coming out in Sept '25.

  • Linda's Reflections

    I am a writer who grew up in a funeral home. I write about my father’s WWII experience as a B17 pilot in the 100th bomb group and stories of faith/life in my memoir Reflections: A Wardrobe of Life Lessons. LindaStylesBerkery.com

  • Carson Landolina

    San Antonio, TX

  • Betty-Jo Tilley

    Los Angeles-based writer, 5th gen Californian, 37-yr real estate luxury property agent, MFA June '23 UCR Low Residency. Lost home in Jan '25 Pacific Palisades Wildfires. Now living in Atwater Village. Writing: @thekeepthings and @oppositeofnihilism

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