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Lisa Schamess

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The Fantastic Journey Toward Being You

Adventures often look like daily life

Oct 9

Blue jigsaw puzzle complete except for one piece

Oct 9

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Nature Is Queer

And we have known for a long time

Jun 24

Bright orange and black striped Postman butterflies, one atop the other.

Jun 24

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Your Lawn Didn’t Ask to Be Boring

The life of a lawn — and your life — could be so much more meaningful

Jun 9

Your Lawn Didn’t Ask to Be Boring

Jun 9

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Night at the Museum of Regrettable Remarks

Nothing beats a private tour

Jan 19

Person’s fist wearing googly eyes and making a dismayed expressing with its “motuh”

Jan 19

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An Alphabet Book Opened the World for Me

Picture books are the windows and doors for children’s minds

Aug 7, 2024

Alphabet picture book open to C-D-E-F against a beige carpet. A cut-out elephant holding a tree trunk raises its head in the middle of the page spread.

Aug 7, 2024

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If You Have Songbirds, Thank a Woodpecker

The housing developers for the avian world

Sep 30

Black bird with a bright red crown and a white racing strip, with a powerful long beak. The Pileated Woodpecker looks a lot like the dinosaur it is, actually.

Sep 30

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Grief Is a Lock of Hair in an Underground Vault

Stories help break the enchantment

Sep 27

A long tunnel of arched brick that appears to be room after room until you reach a dark doorway.

Sep 27

Subtle Signs of Imminent Grace

Lessons in How the Small Things Can Save Our Sanity

Sep 22

Image of an enameled drawer-pull on a piece of paper with handwriting. The drawer pull is an image of stylized birds sitting on each branch of a tall, stylized tree, with delicate leaves that fill the space.

Sep 22

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I Don’t Remember Having All These Goals

Can someone tell me when I’ve reached them?

Sep 16

Woman staring into an amusement park claw machine full of multicolored toys.

Sep 16

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Should We Be Killing Spotted Lanterflies?

The striking intruder we don’t yet understand

Sep 15

Repeating set of lanternfly specimens with wings outspread, showing black, grey, and bright red markings

Sep 15

Lisa Schamess

Lisa Schamess

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fecklessly tweaking the universe's algorithms in hopes of a puppy. She/they.

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