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Night Drive, or the Definition of Insanity
On illusions of control and other things
Mar 21
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Colleen Claes
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Something and Then Nothing: Creativity After Everyone Stops Paying Attention
On impatience, winter heat waves and the ebbs and flows of creativity
Mar 5
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Colleen Claes
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I Love LA Even Though Everyone is Leaving
*That* Vulture piece, 'I Love LA' and other things Los Angeles
Jan 15
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Colleen Claes
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15
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The Average Lifespan of a Hummingbird
On changing seasons (or lack thereof) and sobriety
Dec 7, 2025
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Colleen Claes
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On overcoming a fear of open heights and other things
I’ve always had a fear of open heights.
Jun 18, 2025
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Colleen Claes
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A Life Without Winters
Reflections during a February that feels like summer
Feb 24, 2025
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Colleen Claes
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Apocalypsis and the Los Angeles fires
Author’s note: There are several ways to help the people, families and animals affected by the Palisades and Eaton fires.
Jan 20, 2025
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Colleen Claes
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A fool's paradise: last-minute reflections at the end of the year
The year is ending and I feel weird.
Dec 30, 2024
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Colleen Claes
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Notes on a city you can hypothetically conquer
Abbreviated musings from an exhausted woman after a move
Dec 15, 2024
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Colleen Claes
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On what it really means to be stranded
I took the commuter train from Dublin to Galway, about a 2.5-hour trek each way.
Nov 19, 2024
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Colleen Claes
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Gilmore Girls fall: sweating in Burbank near Warner Bros. Studios
"Foliage a Deux"
Oct 5, 2024
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Colleen Claes
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Donnie Darko and The Angeles Crest Highway
On waking dreams and multiple selves
Aug 30, 2024
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Colleen Claes
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