Notes from the Edge

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Dear Gerry
Flash non-fiction (500 words) about a beloved book + ANNOUNCEMENTS
 • Katharine Kapodistria
Breathe
Micro(non)fiction about air
 • Katharine Kapodistria
Forests I have walked
Backyard woods, burnt pines and olive grove shrines
 • Katharine Kapodistria
The edge of autumn
The tartan blanket, scorched earth and the Sanctuary of Asklepios
 • Katharine Kapodistria
Level 40: The edge of enchantress
I’ve been feeling a shift for some time, and this week - the week I celebrate four decades Earthside - feels like a significant marker on my journey.
 • Katharine Kapodistria
September: Pushing the boundaries
September is a true edge place of the year.
 • Katharine Kapodistria
Homecoming: Burnt out
Athens welcomed me home a few days ago with blackened, empty slopes from the summer’s wildfires that nearly broke my heart; with stifling heat followed…
 • Katharine Kapodistria
The pain of place: Return to red kite country (Part 3)
Memory is defined as the ability to remember, but the way memory works is disconcerting because it isn’t only your mind that remembers.
 • Katharine Kapodistria
The hourglass: Human markers of time
In our modern world, it’s easy to mark time.
 • Katharine Kapodistria
Nettles, wheat and blackberries: Return to red kite country (Part 2)
Our memories are collections of the signals our senses have picked up.
 • Katharine Kapodistria
Train tracks: Return to red kite country (Part 1)
Back in red kite country, I take the train I took when I was a kid, but it is not the same train.
 • Katharine Kapodistria
Hysteria: The persistence of history
The wandering womb
 • Katharine Kapodistria
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