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Pennie A Nichols
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Sep 7, 2022

The Struggle is Real But Not a Badge of Honor

First, let me offer an example of the kind of struggle I’m referencing in this piece: a half gallon of spilled milk that the drips over the edge and through the cracks of the table, that splatters on fresh clothes as your toddler slaps the growing white pool with glee…

Struggle

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The Struggle is Real But Not a Badge of Honor
The Struggle is Real But Not a Badge of Honor
Struggle

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Aug 31, 2022

Monday Morning Blue Chip

I’m writing a series of novels: the Seeking Scylla series. Some characters dance on the edges of the narratives. Some never make it in. In Beyond Scylla blogs, I share stories and vignettes about these characters. Monday Morning Blue Chip Jack shuffles to his truck, balancing himself on his swollen ankles. …

Alcoholism

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Monday Morning Blue Chip
Monday Morning Blue Chip
Alcoholism

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Aug 27, 2022

Firsts and Anniversaries

They say firsts are hard. Last month, we had the first big first: mom and dad’s wedding anniversary. Their 66th. Would have been? Was? How do you count it now that mom is gone? In some sort of past impossible could have been tense or parallel? …

Grief

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Firsts and Anniversaries
Firsts and Anniversaries
Grief

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Aug 17, 2022

Authors and Algorithms

We toss around the word algorithm with a frequency that suggests familiarity and understanding. …

Writing

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Authors and Algorithms
Authors and Algorithms
Writing

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Jul 29, 2022

On Covid Brain

Did you do anything out of the ordinary on Covid brain? Dodging the bug had pretty much become a point of pride for me: I’m careful, but also, I think my blood type…. The Pandemic and Me I don’t say it out load often because the pandemic has been very bad for very many. …

Writer Retreats

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On Covid Brain
On Covid Brain
Writer Retreats

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Jul 6, 2022

On the Corner of Availability and Serenity

I went to my first Al-Anon meeting last night. I’m finding my place on the corner of availability and serenity. I bought the books, listened, took notes. My first takeaway was that the Al-Anon signage and mantras are useful for understanding much more than that single disease. …

Al Anon

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On the Corner of Availability and Serenity
On the Corner of Availability and Serenity
Al Anon

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Jul 1, 2022

The Other Side of Goodbye

Death is more than a goodbye. The experience is all the things that lead up to that final breath and the things we carry forward. The experience is also the other side of goodbye. Goodbye — from godbwye, a contraction of God be with ye from 16th century English —…

Death

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The Other Side of Goodbye
The Other Side of Goodbye
Death

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Jun 21, 2022

Good Enough

[We knew we were entering the Valley of Peace a week before. She is at peace now.] A good enough moment Mom took her last breath at 9:40 a.m. Monday June 13. The time is not precise, the moment wasn’t perfect. They were good enough. Dad was working on the well pump. I was…

Dying

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Good Enough
Good Enough
Dying

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Jun 2, 2022

Invisible to Everyone Else

I sit on my porch after mowing all the yards and I see it, a patch in my back yard that I missed. It’s hardly noticeable, probably invisible to everyone else, but from this angle and because I was the one who missed it, I see it. I squirm in…

Alzheimers

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Invisible to Everyone Else
Invisible to Everyone Else
Alzheimers

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May 27, 2022

Going Home

I spent a week at home. I’m going home today. Home. It’s a tricky word. Maybe I’m polydomestic? I am at home -truly at home- in multiple places. I never love leaving, but I have learned that leaving is okay, because I am at home at either house. I’ve been…

Alzheimers

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Going Home
Going Home
Alzheimers

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Pennie A Nichols

Pennie A Nichols

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Louisiana-based author of women’s fiction and sci-fi and World Languages editor.

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