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Age of Empathy

The Strength of Loose Connections

Even brief encounters can have a lasting impact

Mar 28, 2024

Bird’s eye view of the words “Say Hello to Others” spray-painted on a concrete sidewalk

Mar 28, 2024

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Age of Empathy

The Profound Impact of Place

A summer in the Bay Area still resonates decades later

Oct 3, 2024

A wall of handpainted Mexican ceramic tiles in various colors

Oct 3, 2024

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

I Thought I Was Mad at My Father

It turns out I was mad at myself, too

Jun 23, 2024

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Jun 23, 2024

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Age of Empathy

What a Heat Wave and 4 Days in a Psych Ward Taught Me About Change

I’m not good at it

Aug 8, 2023

A montage of photos of women surrounding a clipboard with a sheet of paper with the word “Depression” on it.

Aug 8, 2023

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Age of Empathy

I Went Down a Search Rabbit Hole and Landed On Memory Lane

Sometimes the reality is almost as good as what you imagined

May 16, 2024

Three rabbits in a dirt field, one partially in a hole

May 16, 2024

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The Daily Cuppa Grande

Thomas Wolfe Was Right

My “No” RSVP proves it

1d ago

A clear cassette with its tape unwound and tangled

1d ago

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The Haven

Can Someone Please Strangle the Emu?

Random questions I find myself asking

5d ago

Three dimensional wooden letters spelling out WHY

5d ago

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The Daily Cuppa Grande

Existential Dread, 2025 Edition

On March 16, 2020, I became a remote worker. I also became a regular walker, in search of something vaguely resembling the actual exercise…

Mar 12

Two wooden articulated toys, sitting on a fence, socially distanced from each other

Mar 12

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The Daily Cuppa Grande

Artists See the World Through Their Own Prisms

I’d been attending the Penland School of Crafts for a number of summers, trying my hand at printmaking, Polaroid transfers, encaustic…

Mar 8

Artists See the World Through Their Own Prisms

Mar 8

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

Money Changes Everything

How I lost my trust in the AARP brand, thanks to its partnership with United Health

Mar 1

The word trust spelled out with wooden blocks on a table, overlaid with a red slash through the word

Mar 1

Chris Raymond

Chris Raymond

Artist, designer, snark lover. Cynical takes on senior life, sentimental ones on family. chrisaraymond.dunked.com/ | instagram.com/chrisrcreates/

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