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The End
The final issue of Vanitas, and the last newsletter I'll send through Substack
Dec 21, 2023
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Rachael Maddux
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November 2023
Some Restrictions Apply
It’s a Sunday in November at 11:51 in the morning. I am sitting on a fake leather sofa in the corner of a bubble tea place inside a half-finished…
Nov 27, 2023
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Rachael Maddux
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October 2023
The Night Before
The night before, I installed the wall-mount dock for the vacuum cleaner, and Joe made cheeseburgers, and we watched The Horror of Dracula.
Oct 21, 2023
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Rachael Maddux
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September 2023
Summer of X
My father played a particular Dwight Yoakam cassette on repeat in his pickup truck to such an extent that for a while my little sister thought...
Sep 30, 2023
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Rachael Maddux
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Slice of Life
In the beginning, the baby’s nails were so delicate I could just pick them off when they got too long, like peeling off a bit of tape stuck to a gift...
Sep 1, 2023
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Rachael Maddux
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July 2023
Highly Meltable
Occasionally I desire to have my skull popped open, my brain removed, and all its grody nooks and crannies pressure washed clean — and never moreso than…
Jul 31, 2023
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June 2023
Goodnight Nobody
The baby slept in our bedroom for the first one hundred and ninety three nights of her life...
Jun 30, 2023
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Rachael Maddux
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May 2023
Venice Blue
Twenty years ago this month I graduated from high school, and twenty years ago next month...
May 31, 2023
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Rachael Maddux
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April 2023
Going, Going
The last day of my first office job began with an invitation to a mysterious staff meeting...
Apr 30, 2023
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Rachael Maddux
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March 2023
The Age of Mammals
One evening a few years ago Joe and I were walking the dog by the creek near our house when a thought out of nowhere appeared in my head...
Mar 26, 2023
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Rachael Maddux
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February 2023
Little Bum Bums
I knew the baby was going to arrive on the cusp...
Feb 26, 2023
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Rachael Maddux
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January 2023
The Babies In My Phone
The baby in my house goes to sleep or maybe she doesn’t...
Jan 29, 2023
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Rachael Maddux
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