Hurricane Helene
Posted: October 16, 2024 by Tamara Puffer
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I heard about a hurricane that might affect Asheville, but I didn’t think much about it. We took down our patio umbrella and our hanging pots because we heard there would be strong winds, and we made sure everything was secured. It began raining on September 26th and our basement began flooding. Michael’s woodworking workshop […]
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Two for the Price of One
Posted: July 25, 2024 by Tamara Puffer
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I went to a small writing group today. I’m not going to say where it was, who was in it or who led it to protect people’s privacy. I’ve known about the group for a long time and have been interested so I finally got the courage to attend. There was lots of banter before […]
Read more...Minister of Vulnerability
Posted: June 1, 2024 by Tamara Puffer
In my book, Forgetting the Former Things: Brain Injury’s Invitation to Vulnerability and Faith (2019), I tell a story about getting ready for the Institute for Theology and Disability in 2017 which took place in Los Angeles, California. I had a million things to do. I got a haircut. I went to the grocery store […]
Read more...Word Dump
Posted: January 20, 2024 by Tamara Puffer
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Prior to 2020, Websters dictionary defined racism as the superiority of one race over another. In 2020, Kennedy Mitchum a student who had just graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, didn’t think the definition went far enough. She wrote to the editors: “Racism is not only prejudice against a certain race due to […]
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Violin
Posted: December 16, 2023 by Tamara Puffer
I’ve been putting off writing this post by checking Facebook, drinking coffee, walking Chip and a whole lot of other things. I’m feeling several emotions at once and I don’t really want to think about them. After putting my violin up for sale at a shop in Raleigh, it finally sold. I feel relief, grief, […]
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Vulnerability
Posted: September 8, 2023 by Tamara Puffer
Due to my brain injury, I don’t do well with change. My brain is less pliable and conducive to new information. Prior to the summer, the pews were taken out of the sanctuary at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church and replaced with chairs. I like it with a couple of caveats. The choir loft area in […]
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