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Suzanne C. Carver
- Apr 6, 2022
Cheers for the 99%
I’m a sucker for completion. I love checking things off a list, scratching a line across each item with the swift hand of the productive,...
Suzanne C. Carver
- Nov 19, 2021
The hunter and the hiker
He was dressed in blaze orange and had a rifle on his shoulder. I was dressed in blaze orange, too, the dog beside me in a fluorescent...
Suzanne C. Carver
- Oct 14, 2021
Confused about hair. I mean race.
We were eating brunch last week at a Cracker Barrel in Virginia on our drive down the East Coast on vacation. Our server was a friendly...
Suzanne C. Carver
- Oct 12, 2021
What if I didn't care what you thought?
I’ve felt this strange choking lately. An energy building up in me, like a shaken, capped bottle. I’m like a hose with the spout turned...
Suzanne C. Carver
- May 17, 2021
Cake for breakfast and other truths
self-love, releasing body shame
Suzanne C. Carver
- Apr 6, 2021
from where I sit
Eleven years ago: Sandi and I are chasing our girls – ages 2 and 5 – down the sand beach at the family camp. It’s just before dinner, the...
Suzanne C. Carver
- Jan 25, 2021
Welcome home.
The new normal is starting to feel, well, normal. Despite being a naturally sociable human, I can easily talk myself out of going pretty...
Suzanne C. Carver
- Dec 9, 2020
Dear December, I needed you.
Dear December, You’re here. Phew. Your timing is perfect. Your tender sun, your long shadows, your cuddled nights, your season of...
Suzanne C. Carver
- Nov 3, 2020
I'm surprisingly good at being ignorant, and other lessons from the 2020 election.
Election day, 2020. Big day for people on both sides. Tonight, some will feel victorious, others defeated. I’m not a big fan of the...