Brunstetter comes from the German surname Brandstetter, which loosely means ‘place of the burning,’ because our ancestors cleared fields for crops with fire. I know this only because of my grandfather Richard Place of the …
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Bekah Place of the Burning
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I can(‘t)
Whenever I have work put in front of me, specifically a rewrite of something I’ve worked hard on that involves the unravelling of that work, my process tends to go something like this: 1. I …
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torture spot
I don’t know about you, but MY favorite part of the playwriting process is when none of it is working and all of it is bad and none of it makes sense, and everyday you …
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The R word
If you’ve got a minute, or a Kindle, or eyes, or 11 bucks, or all of them, definitely check out Ibram’s How to be an Anti Racist. I’m really loving digging into his brain. He …
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BUTT TRUTH
I just caught a glimpse of the actual size of my butt in a mirror, like an actual mirror, not a mirror in which I control my image of myself, and it cast great doubt …
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What I Know
I don’t claim to have or fully grasp the Solution, and I also don’t claim to know what it’s like to be a police officer who must at one time be a social worker, mental …
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Boob, or Butt?
I’m not sure who needs to see this today, but maybe it’s you? THIS IS AN ACTUAL BABY SHOWER GAME. Feel free to play it all day, alone, or with family, with friends. I could …
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Prepped
We are proud graduates of Loom’s Prepped: The Series birthing class, and while I learned many things that will stay with me forever, and have seen things I cannot unsee — the thing that will …
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Mercy; Comfort
Like an apocalypse mouse hunting for tiny pieces of old ‘toast’ even though ‘toast’ is not a thing anymore but still I want this memory of ‘toast’, I wake up each morning searching corners of …
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what to do with this
Every time the news presents an image of Harvey Weinstein heading into or out of court, I have to look away, not just because he is a manipulative rapist who took advantage of many vulnerable …