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Hello, Goodbye
Mar 5
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Shannon Stirone
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February 2024
Flaco
A free bird and upper west side legend
Feb 25
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Shannon Stirone
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A midlife something
It’s time for a midlife crisis. Actually why not let myself go all out and have a few. Midlife crises. Hell yeah. Growing up we were taught that only…
Feb 20
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Shannon Stirone
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What's in a dot?
All our ex boyfriends
Feb 10
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Shannon Stirone
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January 2024
I bought myself a Rubik's cube
Lately I’ve missed playing, the kind of silly pointless playing we used to do as kids. One way this manifested was by longing for a rubik’s cube—a toy I…
Jan 30
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Shannon Stirone
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July 2023
Reimagining ourselves in the cosmos
A year with JWST
Jul 10, 2023
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Shannon Stirone
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April 2023
On not getting what you want
When I lived in the Bay I would go for a walk around the neighborhood every night. It would always be right after the end of the day as people were…
Apr 5, 2023
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Shannon Stirone
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February 2023
Golden Gate
Today someone shared a photo on twitter of the Golden Gate bridge before it was built. Just the bases on each side of Marin and SF were there, and an…
Feb 3, 2023
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Shannon Stirone
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January 2023
A deeper perspective
I’m in the weeds of book research and as a result I’ve been thinking a lot about the same things over and over—trying to get to the core of an idea, of…
Jan 21, 2023
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Shannon Stirone
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December 2022
What's in a year
It’s just about that time—that vague mushy week before a new year begins and we all look back at the last 365 days and reflect on what we’ve done, what…
Dec 27, 2022
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Shannon Stirone
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It's been a minute
Or a year, but who's keeping track
Dec 16, 2022
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Shannon Stirone
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May 2021
Why we do anything
Lately I’ve been talking to a lot of friends and colleagues about accomplishments. Particularly what success means, and viewed especially through the…
May 16, 2021
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Shannon Stirone
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