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My Best Tomato Soup, Scaled Up

I often feel like a tiny speck of nothingness on this planet, but I never feel physically smaller than when I’m at Costco, heaving a cart that’s twice the width of a coffin through the warehouse.… Read more The post My Best Tomato Soup, Scaled Up

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A Week of Outfits: Emma Copley Eisenberg

Emma Copley Eisenberg, who wrote the bestselling novel Housemates and runs the newsletter Frump Feelings, lives in Philly with her partner, Art, and their cats, Tofu, Sesame, and Gabriel.… Read more The post A Week of Outfits: Emma Copley Eisenber

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How Great Is This Children’s Book About Feelings?

When I received a copy of the children’s book, Mixed Feelings, by New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck, I couldn’t wait to dig in. It opens with the question “How do I feel?”… Read more The post How Great Is This Children’s Bo

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A Big Hug, Plus Four Things

Last night, my sister texted, “I just went to CoJ to see if you put a heartening message on Inauguration Day. I feel like you should put up a hug, waaaah.”… Read more The post A Big Hug, Plus Four Things appeared first on Cup of Jo.

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