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A Tender Place
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A Tender Place

Catharine ClarenbachJuly 20, 2023July 21, 2023

“Everybody’s been there Everybody’s been stared down by the enemy. Fallen for the fear And longed to  disappear and Bowed…

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Thin People Can Welcome Their Fat Friends
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Thin People Can Welcome Their Fat Friends

Catharine ClarenbachMay 10, 2023May 10, 2023

There are a lot of places where fat liberation and disability liberation intersect in my life. Where size justice and…

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Connected: Make A Lot, Give a Lot
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Connected: Make A Lot, Give a Lot

Catharine ClarenbachApril 27, 2023April 28, 2023

“Nature has a different culture. Make a lot, give a lot, and don’t attach to much.” – Margaret Greene, spiritual…

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What Am I Doing Here?
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What Am I Doing Here?

Catharine ClarenbachApril 9, 2023April 9, 2023

I was speaking this week about why I’m writing and how. My therapist says it is reclaiming something that was…

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Gifts of A Goddess, part 2
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Gifts of A Goddess, part 2

Catharine ClarenbachApril 5, 2023April 5, 2023

…I walked up the hill, picking my barefoot way through the limestone gravel. By the time I arrived at the…

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Gifts of A Goddess, part 1
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Gifts of A Goddess, part 1

Catharine ClarenbachApril 4, 2023April 6, 2023

Twenty years ago at the big Pagan campground where I became a priestess (we’ll call it the Old Place), a…

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No Silence about Our Joy
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No Silence about Our Joy

Catharine ClarenbachMarch 26, 2023March 26, 2023

….[A]s Zora Neale Hurston said, ‘If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.’…

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The Space My Story Takes Up
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The Space My Story Takes Up

Catharine ClarenbachMarch 24, 2023March 24, 2023

As soon as I finished my business, The Way of the River, I thought, “One day I’ll blog again.” And…

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