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“Back To” Season Is Upon Us. How to Stay Sane.

Starting Monday, September 11, Julio Vincent Gambuto will present “Modern Muting” — a weekly  Medium  story series dedicated to helping readers step back from all the bullshit of modern life, create quiet, re-evaluate, then go forward boldly. It’s 500 words a ...

Once Upon A Time, My Story Won The Pulitzer — Sort Of

Writer or not, why are we such hasty authors of our own lives? I think it’s fair to say you’re a writer as soon as you realize writing is what happens after the first draft. Maybe you’re a budding writer at that point, but at least you get it. You understand that wri...

Introducing Once Upon a Checklist

Every day birders from all around the world make checklists. They tally tanagers, count crows, iterate ibis and enumerate emus. Just this month, people will submit more than one million lists to eBird, the world’s most popular citizen science platform. A million checklists a month! That&rsq...

Protémoa: How I Stumbled Upon This Fashion Brand and Immediately Fell in Love With It

In the midst of my routine Instagram scrolling, a particular ad managed to snag my attention and redirect the course of my fashion preferences. Protémoa, a brand I had never encountered before, entered my radar through a series of jeans ads that instantly piqued my interest. As I navi...