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Martha Crawford 8/17/22 Martha Crawford 8/17/22

Non-compliance

Martha Crawford 8/10/22 Martha Crawford 8/10/22

Practice

Martha Crawford 7/28/22 Martha Crawford 7/28/22

Choosing the Uncertain Path

Martha Crawford 7/22/22 Martha Crawford 7/22/22

Teacher Complex

Martha Crawford 7/18/22 Martha Crawford 7/18/22

Higher Still

Martha Crawford 7/7/22 Martha Crawford 7/7/22

The Blessings of Moral Failure

Martha Crawford 6/29/22 Martha Crawford 6/29/22

Funny Uncles and Roe v Wade

Martha Crawford 6/22/22 Martha Crawford 6/22/22

When Tall Trees Fall

Martha Crawford 6/17/22 Martha Crawford 6/17/22

All the Way Home

Martha Crawford 6/16/22 Martha Crawford 6/16/22

Slippery Desires

Martha Crawford 6/15/22 Martha Crawford 6/15/22

Let it yearn:

I’ve become interested, over the years, in the power and function of yearning. Not wanting, not desiring, not hunger, but the deeply felt soul-need for something we do not have, that we do not see coming, that we have no idea how to get, that may be totally unreasonable, and impossible – yet, we yearn for it none the less.

Martha Crawford 6/9/22 Martha Crawford 6/9/22

Flipped

Martha Crawford 6/8/22 Martha Crawford 6/8/22

A Mendicant’s Bowl

Martha Crawford 6/2/22 Martha Crawford 6/2/22

Hypnos, Thanatos, and Morpheus

Martha Crawford 6/1/22 Martha Crawford 6/1/22