The Beggar and the Bread Maker

On Grief and Shame and Finally Getting Some Help

Sep 28 • Kara

10

Delighted.

Come right on in. This is where grief will have a huge head-on collision with truth. And I’ll faithfully report the results.

Sep 9 • Kara

16

4

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August 2026

A Purgatory of Objects

The trees were swallowed whole by the dark as I drove north up the Palisades.

Aug 27 • Kara

14

17

July 2026

I Prayed for a Cure

God Sent a Dogwalker

Jul 31 • Kara

11

20

2

June 2026

Meeting a Man from Year Zero

I met a man once in Cambodia.

Jun 30 • Kara

12

10

May 2026

Who Holds Your Heart?

Grief and the Body

May 30 • Kara

11

4

April 2026

Could the Word “Grief” Be Exhausted?

How can we let it rest and find more and better words?

Apr 28 • Kara

12

9

March 2026

Survival Cooking:

How my kitchen met me the year I buried my mom and sister.

Mar 19 • Kara

16

21

2

January 2026

How the Mind Traces the Dead:

And Has to Learn it Like Rachmaninoff

Jan 29 • Kara

12

10

1

December 2025

Blackberries & Basements:

The Historical Jesus Makes Landfall

Dec 17, 2025 • Kara

9

5

November 2025

B R O O K L Y N

A Love Letter

Nov 20, 2025 • Kara

8

6

October 2025

Scaling Storr

Gaslit (by the weather) Feasted (from the hills) And Danced (myself clean)

Oct 23, 2025 • Kara

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5