Chicken Scratch by Elizabeth Beggins
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Threading through it
What a weed can tell us about holding the world together
May 20
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If I Put “Fuck” in the Title, Will You Read This?
Some words need no introduction. This one needs an essay.
May 13
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He didn't make small decisions
From the Yorkshire Dales to the Carolina mountains, and one last journey beyond
May 3
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April 2026
More than half empty
Closed doors, open secrets, and sorry excuses
Apr 29
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In other words
On loving a place we keep forgetting isn't ours.
Apr 22
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Thank you, Nancy, for the cornbread
In which we consider things that go missing and where to find them
Apr 15
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Eee-vaah
Whirligigs, Wall-E, and the persistence of everything
Apr 8
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The desert holds what it holds
A two-lane passage through the Navajo Nation
Apr 1
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March 2026
What are we willing to admit?
A story that starts with a whistleblower named Dawn.
Mar 25
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I had very strong feelings about my mother's lemon pepper
On what we keep and what we inherit
Mar 18
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Set it and forget it
A formal petition to Congress on the occasion of Daylight Saving Time. Or: Bellyaching with a side of peer-reviewed research.
Mar 11
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What's in your hands?
On capacity and what to do with it.
Mar 4
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