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Emily Kingsley
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Why I’m Always on the Lookout for a Good Set of Deer Lungs

You never forget your first pair — In the fall, many New Englanders dress in camouflage and skip scented products like soap and deodorant. They’re getting up early to climb up into a tree with a gun or a bow in the hopes that they can shoot a deer. I am not one of these people. But…

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Why I’m Always on the Lookout For A Good Set of Deer Lungs
Why I’m Always on the Lookout For A Good Set of Deer Lungs
Education

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How A Chicken Turned My Mom Into a Secret Democrat

In Memory of Natalie Portman the Chicken, a Rooster — Some stories need exaggeration to make them interesting. This one doesn't. Every word is true. The Human Babies My friend Kelly and I were pregnant at the same time. Our babies grew to be soybean-sized, then avocado-sized, and then spaghetti squash-sized. We had the same due date and figured our babies would be…

Family

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How A Chicken Turned My Mother Into a Secret Democrat
How A Chicken Turned My Mother Into a Secret Democrat
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Age of Awareness

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There Is A Small Bone In The Center Of Your Heart

Most people have never even heard of it. — Your heart is a muscle in the center of your chest. It pumps blood through tubes that travel to all parts of your body. Inside your heart is a small, teardrop-shaped bone. Most people don’t know about this bone. The students in my high school biology class had never heard…

Education

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There Is A Small Bone In The Center Of Your Heart
There Is A Small Bone In The Center Of Your Heart
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You’re Gorgeous! You’re Hideous! Let’s Scream!

Adventures with weird birds — I was at this art gallery on Cape Cod and there were these huge black and white images of feathers. They were printed on this creamy-textured paper that you just wanted to rub between your fingers. I was very pregnant and the skin on my feet was pulled so taut…

Creativity

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You’re Gorgeous! You’re Hideous! Let’s Scream!
You’re Gorgeous! You’re Hideous! Let’s Scream!
Creativity

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Nov 19

Darwin Made Trump

Stay with me here. When I was a kid, one of my chores was to round up the cows at milking time. They were creatures of habit, so they’d easily come at the sound of my call, trampling the same grass paths in the pasture. …

Science

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Darwin Made Trump
Darwin Made Trump
Science

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Aug 22

Finding Joy In Your Own Special Fecal Plume

And also whales. Growing up on a farm makes you think about poop differently than most people. I grew up on a farm, and one of my resulting talents is that I am great at sniffing out all different kinds of poop. …

Psychology

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Finding Joy In Your Own Special Fecal Plume
Finding Joy In Your Own Special Fecal Plume
Psychology

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Aug 12

Everybody Lies About Hot Dogs

And why Aristotle can suck it. When I was pregnant the first time, everyone — everyone — predicted I would have a boy. My mom explained it like this: “People think you’re cool. People think boys are cool. So people think you will have a boy.” Ok, mom. I learned…

Psychology

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Everybody Lies About Hot Dogs
Everybody Lies About Hot Dogs
Psychology

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Jul 28

Fill Your Bowl with Cherries

The ties that bind the War of 1812 to chainsaw grease to a peach pit. Tonight at dinner, I sliced a peach and put it in a bowl on the table. My husband is camping on a glacier in Alaska this week, so dinner at our house has been casual…

Psychology

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Fill Your Bowl with Cherries
Fill Your Bowl with Cherries
Psychology

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·Jul 24

It’s a Wet, Hot Zucchini Summer

A contemplation on the economics of summer hobbies. In May I invested in four baby zucchini plants from a greenhouse. Each one cost $6.00, which felt like a lot, but sometimes the intoxicating smell of a greenhouse in springtime makes me loose with my money. When I got home, I…

Nature

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It’s a Wet, Hot Zucchini Summer
It’s a Wet, Hot Zucchini Summer
Nature

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Jun 18

Tasting Notes from the Summer Buddies Tea Party

I’ll have the hose water special, please. On Thursday, my son came home from his last day of kindergarten with a backpack full of art projects, worksheets, and flashcards of word lists and math facts to practice over the summer. …

Parenting

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Tasting Notes from the Summer Buddies Tea Party
Tasting Notes from the Summer Buddies Tea Party
Parenting

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Emily Kingsley

Emily Kingsley

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Always polishing the flip side of the coin. Live updates from the middle class. e.kingsleywhalen@gmail.com. She/her.

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