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2022-10-05T16:34:01-04:00

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A Series of Temporary Measures

Last updated on: October 5, 2022 at 4:34 pm By Mary Pezzulo

Everything is changing now. The whole world is going gold before it goes gray. Nothing will stay the same for long. Last night I tried to take the borrowed car on a longer trip than usual, just to get out of the house. It made a horrifying noise, so I aborted the mission and took it back to my house to rest. I didn’t park it in the old hiding place on the next block, where I’d been parking the... Read more

2022-10-05T11:08:28-04:00

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In the Best Month

Last updated on: October 5, 2022 at 11:08 am By Mary Pezzulo

It’s October, the best month of all. The leaves are barely beginning to turn. You can see it on the edges of trees– most of the tree still green, with a few of the bottom-most leaves going gold and purple and red. All I want in the world is to find an out-of-the-way place to go hiking and take it all in. I can’t take the borrowed car out on the freeway to find an out-of-the-way place to hike, because... Read more

Women in Religion

2022-10-02T14:27:02-04:00

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A Deeply Disappointing Angelus Address

Last updated on: October 2, 2022 at 2:27 pm By Mary Pezzulo

During my tenure as Someone Who Expresses Opinions on the Internet, I have defended Pope Francis an awful lot. I have made fun of sedevacantists. I have called out tiresome internet traditionalists who make up conspiracy theories and show know respect for the Holy Father. I have been vehement in my defense of the Pope, whom I genuinely like most of the time, and I’m not a bit sorry. I am not going to defend Pope Francis today. I’m going... Read more

2022-09-30T22:11:54-04:00

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The Guinea Pig Song

Last updated on: September 30, 2022 at 10:11 pm By Mary Pezzulo

Guinea pigs sleep with their eyes open. They are prey animals, herbivores with no real natural defenses, so they never close their eyes. You know when that they’re asleep because they lie down relaxed and motionless like a library statue of a lion. You know they’re afraid if they are motionless but standing up, alert. You know they’re happy when they mill around, exploring, and chew on things. But they’ll go right back to being motionless with terror at the... Read more

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2022-09-27T21:27:12-04:00

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In a Cool September

Last updated on: September 27, 2022 at 9:27 pm By Mary Pezzulo

Autumn came so fast this year. September is usually a cruel month, tantalizing us with the changing seasons and leaving us sweating bullets. All the pools are closed but it’s so hot, all I want to do is go swimming. There are silk marigolds and Halloween candy for sale in the stores, but it’s too sticky to wear sweaters or turn off the constant roar of the window air conditioners. This year, right on the first day of fall,... Read more

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2022-09-23T22:35:21-04:00

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A Mother, Without Violence

Last updated on: September 23, 2022 at 10:35 pm By Mary Pezzulo

I saw her again the other day. Mary, the Mother of God. She was on the side of a building in downtown Steubenville, and I stopped to take a picture. It used to be the prettiest building, a pastel Victorian house like the ones my beloved grandfather used to make dollhouse copies of in his wood shop. The whole outside was aqua colored brick with white trim. I think it was a bookshop inside. There was a... Read more

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2022-09-22T23:12:30-04:00

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Where God Dwells

Last updated on: September 22, 2022 at 11:12 pm By Mary Pezzulo

My cousins found a wall of black obsidian, way out in the middle of the woods. This was a long, long time ago, just before the PCOS set in at puberty and my life was over, when we were all still the best of friends. Every year we met up to play multiple times at my wonderful grandpa’s house, in his magic garden on a triple lot that might as well have been a whole farm. But the most... Read more

Family, Parenting and Religion

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2022-09-22T11:34:27-04:00

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For Adrienne’s Eleventh Birthday

Last updated on: September 22, 2022 at 11:34 am By Mary Pezzulo

Adrienne Rose turned eleven today. Eleven years ago, just after seven in the morning, ended the worst 24 hours of my life. The PTSD went on for years and I still jump in terror when someone brushes up against me the wrong way. But she doesn’t know this. All she knows is the story I told her: when the doctor was pulling her out of that puckered scar on my abdomen, he said “Look at that hair. Look at... Read more

Family, Parenting and Religion

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2022-09-21T13:48:49-04:00

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On Boundaries and Toxic Family

Last updated on: September 21, 2022 at 1:48 pm By Mary Pezzulo

Let’s talk about toxic family again. I just read a really excellent blog post from several years ago. If you’re in communities of people estranged from their families, you’ve probably already read it. It was new to me. It’s called The Missing Missing Reasons and you should stop right now and look at the whole thing. This post explains a fascinating fact about parents who are estranged from their children. While the estranged adult children can name many, many... Read more

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2022-09-20T10:35:15-04:00

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An Irritated Rant on The Little Mermaid

Last updated on: September 20, 2022 at 10:35 am By Mary Pezzulo

I think I may be the only Millennial girl who never really liked The Little Mermaid. The film came out when I was in preschool, and I was taken to see it as a treat. I thought the crab and the seagull were hilarious, the music was beautiful, Ursula the sea witch was deliciously evil. But I didn’t like any of the protagonists and the actual plot scared me. I went on to watch The Little Mermaid several times, every... Read more

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