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The Radicalization of Old Women

The Radicalization of Old Women

We suffer, we learn, we grow, we change. These are poems for anyone who doesn't have time for nonsense any more.

2022

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Maria Shimizu Christensen

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About Me Stories

About Me — Maria Shimizu Christensen

Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Occasional thunderstorms.

Aug 11, 2021

About Me — Maria Shimizu Christensen

Aug 11, 2021

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Thirty over Fifty

My First Star Trek Convention, Turning 50, and a Trip to Chicago

Hello, me

Oct 31

the author photo taken by the author

Oct 31

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Policy Panorama

Things My Millennial Daughter Takes for Granted

As she should. Mostly.

Oct 5

Girls playing soccer.

Oct 5

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Thirty over Fifty

I’m Old Enough to Be Your Mother But We Can Still Be Friends

The importance of intergenerational friendships

Sep 28

I’m Old Enough to Be Your Mother But We Can Still Be Friends

Sep 28

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In Living Color

An Ignorant Birder’s Guide to Birds

You don’t have to know anything to enjoy birding

Sep 23

An Ignorant Birder’s Guide to Birds

Sep 23

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Policy Panorama

I Want to Be Composted When I Die

It’s going to be my legacy

Sep 22

I Want to Be Composted When I Die

Sep 22

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Show Your City

It Always Rains in Seattle

And that’s the way we like it

Aug 9

It Always Rains in Seattle

Aug 9

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Fanfare

The Great American Recipe and What it Means to be American

This show is much more than a cooking competition

Jul 31

The Great American Recipe and What it Means to be American

Jul 31

Maria Shimizu Christensen

Holding on to Hope While the World Burns

Look to the future

Jul 4

Holding on to Hope While the World Burns

Jul 4

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Age of Empathy

Blackberries, Old Cars, and Turning 60

As time marches on, the blackberries will win, eventually.

Jun 28

Blackberries, Old Cars, and Turning 60

Jun 28

Maria Shimizu Christensen

Maria Shimizu Christensen

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Writer. Maker. Featured in Medium’s 2021 list of Stories That Started Conversations. I write about life. https://www.mariashimizuchristensen.com

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