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The Tent, the Pit-Bull and a Brown Mini-Van

January 7, 2014by champslikeus Leave a comment

Pacific Northwest, WA — I picked up the phone on a Wednesday morning, finished my coffee and hoped for a walk-in-the-park day.  It was my job to answer the phone […]

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Notes from a Part-Time Social Worker

Are you Caucasian?

September 25, 2013by champslikeus 3 Comments

A phone call from Mount Vernon, WA to Denver, CO — “Hey Jill, can I ask you a question?” my neighbor girl asked over the phone.  She was picking the […]

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Notes from a Part-Time Social Worker, Portfolio

The Would You Rather? Game

July 20, 2013by champslikeus Leave a comment

Sewanee, TN – I play a game with the 12-year old whom I tutor called, Would you rather?  We ask each other things like: Would you rather discover that the […]

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Tennessee Summer - 2013

So Now You Know Where I’m At

July 13, 2013by champslikeus 2 Comments

Beersheba Springs, TN – “Marathon.  Marathon is the Greek word for fennel.  In Latin, it’s foeniculum.  In Spanish, it’s hinojo with a silent ‘h’.  That one doesn’t follow like the […]

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Tennessee Summer - 2013

Order in the Court

July 1, 2013by champslikeus Leave a comment

Altamont, TN – If I was to learn rural Tennessee, I had to understand the people.  My cousin, who sometimes mediates in the courts, offered to let me shadow him for […]

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Notes from a Part-Time Social Worker, Tennessee Summer - 2013

The Man Who Was Ahi

December 6, 2012by champslikeus 4 Comments

Denver, CO — I had no idea how the stroke survivor group would turn out.  Every week is different.  One time I asked what was new in the last week […]

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Notes from a Part-Time Social Worker

What to Expect When You’re not Expecting

November 8, 2012by champslikeus 4 Comments

Denver, CO — I may have killed my mother, my kombucha mother that is. As I left town, my friend gifted me a honey jar with a little starter juice […]

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Notes from a Part-Time Social Worker

We’re Number Three

October 20, 2012by champslikeus 4 Comments

Seattle, WA — I tried my hardest to fit in at the overcrowded conference on traumatic brain injury.  I checked in and headed over to help myself to breakfast, picking my […]

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Notes from a Part-Time Social Worker

Pain is Pain

September 15, 2012by champslikeus 10 Comments

Denver, CO — I tell myself that all grad programs must be this way.  There came a moment during the first day of class when I was surrounded by people […]

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Notes from a Part-Time Social Worker

The Durazno (Peach) Tree

June 10, 2012by champslikeus Leave a comment

Here’s what I will miss about South 6th Street. My neighbor, Benito, comes over to bring me cilantro seed. He sees me in the dirt with my barn boots on, […]

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Notes from a Part-Time Social Worker, Portfolio

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