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Tips
Waiting tables at a diner, playing in a wedding band, giving massages at the Phallus Palace
August 2025Complexion
A prominent birthmark, an elaborate skin-care regimen, a secret ancestry
July 2025Records
A favorite album, a fastest time, a handwritten note about an adoption
June 2025All Night
A 24-hour diner, a hospital late shift, a conversation you don’t want to end
May 2025T-Shirts
Poorly—and purposefully—placed slogans, baby-goat encounters, and uncanny AOL connections
April 2025
Chores
On a solo backpacking trip, in a desert military base, at a church revival
March 2025
Tents
On a solo backpacking trip, in a desert military base, at a church revival
February 2025
Walking Out
A peach-pickers’ strike, a crisis of faith, a paralyzing accident
January 2025Luxuries
A foreign sports car, a Hawaiian vacation, a glass of water on a hot day
December 2024
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