Author: Tansy Gunnar
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When I was young,
I was diagnosed with A.D.D. Now that I’m an adult who’s no longer overweight… I think it’s always been A.D.H.D. but I was too fat to get around. “Oh cool,” I say to nobody as I hang off the doorframe with six fingertips.
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Warming up after darting off into the forest.
The sun’s out, so… it’s shorts and t-shirt weather. Who cares that today’s high is 0 degrees Fahrenheit, or that there’s two feet of snow? I shiver, contemplating… Hmmm… Been here half my life and still have not adjusted to the climate. I have what I need to adjust (warm clothes, boots, snowsuit, gloves, hats,…
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She bends to pick the marbles from the floor, loses more…
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A brief look at Eric Schlosser’s essay, “Why McDonald’s Fries Taste so Good”
Eric Schlosser’s essay, “Why McDonald’s Fries Taste so Good” was an investigative essay. He immersed himself into a fragrance factory setting. There, he examined how flavor and scent additives are made and used. The author began the essay by grabbing the reader’s attention with the title. It questions why McDonald’s fries taste good. Schlosser speaks in an…
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My favorite thing to cook…
I enjoy cooking and baking from scratch. I’ve cooked on my own since I was 5. I almost set the house on fire by microwaving an unopened can of Spaghetti O’s. After that, my grandmothers and elderly neighborhood women started inviting me over for a lot of cooking lessons. Then, as a teen, my aunt…
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I believe ghosts exist mostly within the mind. But…
I can’t find reason why, Bea’s cabinet opens so often. No people or cats, I’ve jumped all around. Still… no answers to be found. The kids stomped in the room and others too, floorboards tested. Anything conclusive… no luck. It responds to questions though. Not all of the time, just enough to ask, “what the…
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State-dependent learning
I’ve gotta say… I’m sick of relearning the same crap I should already know. Long-term prescriptions are disgusting and disabling. $130,000 on an education… for what? Couldn’t tell ya… because my unmedicated brain’s still fuzzy. Even after consuming multiple textbooks.
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Just so you know…
Fidium Fiber is a really good internet provider. Thanks to the tech who came out on a frozen Sunday morning to connect my household to the internet. It’s people like you, that make the World turn. THANK YOU!!!!!
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Perfectly Human 