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Ashley Vanorny
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Feb 14, 2021

Disguised to ourselves

“We are so customed to disguise ourselves to others that, in the end, we become disguised to ourselves.” ― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch At the start of this past decade, my family as I knew it, disintegrated. Mental health crises ravaged my immediate family nearly taking the life of one…

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Diguised to ourselves
Diguised to ourselves

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Dec 29, 2020

Marijuana Reform

In 1936, the propaganda film, Reefer Madness (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhQlcMHhF3w) was released. It discussed the “new drug menace” of Marijuana, referring to it as a “violent narcotic.” The following year the Marijuana Tax Act was passed by Congress that set out to criminalize possession and use. In the 1936 film, a man…

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Marijuana Reform
Marijuana Reform

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Nov 27, 2020

Gratitude and Grace in 2020

This Thanksgiving feels like a game of freeze-tag gone wrong. In the few days I ever get off of work throughout the year, I always look forward to being with friends and family. But today, it’s just me and Lady. I hung my Christmas decorations up earlier than normal because…

Thanksgiving

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Gratitude and Grace in 2020
Gratitude and Grace in 2020
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Ashley Vanorny

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