The L.A. Scene
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at The L.A. Scene One of the great injustices in the current unemployed’s list of hoops through which to jump is the new-and-improved prospective...
View ArticleThe Long Walk Back
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at The Long Walk Back I couldn’t have asked for a more gorgeous day off work. Sky so crisply blue it seemed tangible, clouds high and fluffy,...
View ArticleOn your way to steal my mermaid, eh?
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at On your way to steal my mermaid, eh? “Can I have the last one?” she asked, reaching her fork over. “Hell no!” I swatted it away, a fly hovering over...
View ArticleIn France: A World Cup Story
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at In France: A World Cup Story France, 2006. My sister and I were on a we’re in our early 20′s so why the hell not? adventure, back before either of...
View ArticleThe Un-Recap BlogHer Recap
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at The Un-Recap BlogHer Recap I arrived alone, and I left alone. In between I built on past relationships and set the foundation for new ones, but...
View ArticleMoving Thoughts
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Moving Thoughts Most of the boxes are unpacked now. Those that aren’t have been stacked up in storage, to be forgotten until we move again someday....
View ArticleRacism, White People & Ferguson
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Racism, White People & Ferguson White people like to pretend that racism doesn’t exist anymore. I was taught, as a child, to not see skin color....
View ArticleEmployment. Finally.
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Employment. Finally. I have a job now. I blinked my eyes forcefully and next thing I knew I was filling out HR forms and getting a TB test. In fact,...
View ArticleWhere We Take Our Smoke Breaks
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Where We Take Our Smoke Breaks “That’s where we take smoke breaks,” Anna pointed toward an E-Z Up under the Eucalyptus, several yards from the...
View ArticleGrown-up Furniture
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Grown-up Furniture A fun factoid most people don’t know about me is that my dad built most of my nice furniture. Sure, there’s the glossy piano that...
View ArticleJudee
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Judee In the span of a breath, everything changed It fell from her hand, hung from a limp trunk Glinting with hazard, its surface warned us Of...
View ArticleWithout the Map
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Without the Map I tried to forgive them, for my sanity’s sake, but the longer I sat there the more I wanted revenge. Imagining walking back to town...
View ArticleDo Not Pass “Go”
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Do Not Pass “Go” I suppose the idea burrowed into my brain during my first upper-division literature course, which makes sense. It was Victorian...
View ArticleSecond-Hand Sunglasses
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Second-Hand Sunglasses The Saturday before school started, Tina and her mom went to Second Hand Love for back-to-school clothes. Tina hated the...
View ArticleTake Me Away
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Take Me Away “Natalie,” Mrs. Stenninger bent down to my desk. Tall and angular, she always squatted to talk to us at our tiny desks. I quickly...
View ArticleIf We Let It
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at If We Let It It patters on the banana fronds Runs in rivulets down muddy streets Mossy tufts sprout in the old gypsy’s room The house crumbling...
View ArticleShe’d Have Liked That
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at She’d Have Liked That She died on Thanksgiving Day, hours before dawn. We had known it would be soon, but had hoped someone would be with her when...
View ArticleLet That Be Enough
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Let That Be Enough Perpetual dissatisfaction marked my childhood. The neighborhoods I grew up in were too sterile, too full of cement and...
View ArticleNew Year: Anew
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at New Year: Anew It made sense to end the year as it had gone on. So much pain last year needed acknowledgment. As much as I enjoy star shine and...
View ArticleGiving and Taking
The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Giving and Taking Giving. It’s what most women are trained to do pretty much since birth. Here’s this dolly, nurture it. Here’s this house, it’s...
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