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The tears obscure my view What once was clear now isn't This world is breaking down Doesn't make any sense The tears push away the dust...
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Addie Gerlach
- Feb 3, 2022
- 1 min
Turn the Page {video}
My friend Anna Palfreeman put my words to music as a Christmas gift. Have a listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU0ozD5Fz0c
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Addie Gerlach
- Jan 8, 2022
- 1 min
A poem
This broken heart is made anew this broken heart is all for you Take this broken heart and make it new and make it new Take this broken...
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Addie Gerlach
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
Perspective *Redux*
This was originally published when The Good Logger was a wee babe. It's time for a re-post. The reflection upon which you gaze is...
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Addie Gerlach
- Dec 9, 2021
- 1 min
Turn the Page
See the book up high on the shelf Tippy tip toe to reach Open it up and peer inside What oh what will it teach The sheets have a feel all...
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Addie Gerlach
- Dec 4, 2021
- 1 min
Broken
Broken again. Like glass shattered on the floor, so is my heart. Not an accident but an intentional slamming, meant to incite fear and...
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Addie Gerlach
- Nov 28, 2021
- 1 min
God isn't done with the story
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (#5) was my least favorite of the series. Page after page of drudgery and fear and Harry...
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Addie Gerlach
- Oct 30, 2021
- 1 min
Ten
Ten years ago yesterday I was waiting. Every day waking up thinking, "Today might be the day!" Going to bed each night a little...
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Addie Gerlach
- Oct 18, 2021
- 2 min
He leads
Minute by minute. Moment by moment. He leads. It's not like this is new. He led Abraham up the mountain and Moses to confront Pharaoh. He...
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Addie Gerlach
- Oct 13, 2021
- 2 min
An Open Letter to Diet Culture
Fuck you. That's right, I said it. Fuck you. I'm almost 40 so I don't care what you think. Or anyone else. You've been my "friend" for 20...
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Addie Gerlach
- Sep 25, 2021
- 1 min
Untitled
"Can't we just be done?" The tears in her eyes magnify her lashes and drip down her cheeks. They beckon to respond, "yes, let's be done,...
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Addie Gerlach
- Sep 19, 2021
- 2 min
Division
Yes or no. Heads or tails. Up or down. Only two options. The choice of one implies the rejection of another. The not-yet making-a-choice...
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Addie Gerlach
- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
Stories in Print: The Book of Longings
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd Hardcover, 416 pages Published April 21st 2020 by Viking In 2007 we hosted Easter dinner at our...
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Addie Gerlach
- Aug 27, 2021
- 1 min
A Necessary Quiet
When I am cooking on the stove, it's best to have the exhaust fan on. With a gas stove, the damaging fumes are not good to sit with and...
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Addie Gerlach
- Aug 10, 2021
- 1 min
The Dark
Waking with a start, my eye searches for the light. Shining from behind the window curtain, the light allows alertness to return just as...
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Addie Gerlach
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
Evelyn Runyan 1930-2020
"Can I see it? The urn?" Imagining some ornate decoration, I barely recognize the box, an unassuming cloth-covered cube. It's...
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Addie Gerlach
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
19.
"Bronze," he says. "That's the gift for 19 years." Considering I have no gift planned because life feels a little like a spin-out on a...
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Addie Gerlach
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
Stories in Print: Self-Reg
In high school I became a certified diver. Funny story, I still am a certified diver. I wouldn't honestly do that without a refresher...
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Addie Gerlach
- Jun 23, 2021
- 1 min
The Word
Sharper than a two-edged sword, divider of sinew and flesh. Divider of true and false. Your word gives me comfort when the world creates...
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Karina Tinsley
- Jun 17, 2021
- 1 min
Perspective
By Karina Tinsley Laying in the grass Turn my head Did I see it before? Was it always there? Did I never notice? How different it all...
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