<![CDATA[Stories by Diana Black Kennedy on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@dianablackkennedy?source=rss-b4b6f1b19570------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/2*HumZoCXg2tFwhaeVbiKouw.jpeg Stories by Diana Black Kennedy on Medium https://medium.com/@dianablackkennedy?source=rss-b4b6f1b19570------2 Medium Sun, 15 Nov 2026 15:02:32 GMT <![CDATA[You Don’t Have to Like It]]>

Explicit Teaching about Life

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He stands on the red leather Seat of the booth so he can Look down at the table, Food easy to reach. Two year old arms, Bent at the elbows…

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]]> https://medium.com/@dianablackkennedy/child-dancing-at-a-diner-84fa7a1c0821?source=rss-b4b6f1b19570------2 https://medium.com/p/84fa7a1c0821 Wed, 25 Dec 2019 21:10:29 GMT 2019-12-25T21:10:29.255Z <![CDATA[A Christmas Conspiracy]]>

As a child, my older sister Leda and I didn’t get along very often. She had been seven and the youngest when my twin and I usurped her…

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]]> https://medium.com/@dianablackkennedy/a-christmas-conspiracy-8128c12973ec?source=rss-b4b6f1b19570------2 https://medium.com/p/8128c12973ec Tue, 24 Dec 2019 21:26:01 GMT 2019-12-24T21:26:01.004Z <![CDATA[Why a Nice Jewish Girl Broke Down and Bought a Christmas Tree]]>

The first thing you have to understand is that I was not raised Jewish. My mother’s father had rejected what he found to be a narrow and…

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a haiku

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It’s a bright, beautiful day in San Francisco, the sun shining down clear and crisp, a slight chill justifying the colorful scarves and…

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for the longest night

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Do the Math

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]]> https://medium.com/@dianablackkennedy/holiday-games-75d6e15fe72a?source=rss-b4b6f1b19570------2 https://medium.com/p/75d6e15fe72a Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:14:06 GMT 2019-12-18T21:14:06.443Z <![CDATA[Arachne’s Story]]>

Not the sins of Gods and men that Athena — warrior, wisdom, father’s daughter —  silenced.

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]]> https://medium.com/@dianablackkennedy/arachnes-story-23d3764caf78?source=rss-b4b6f1b19570------2 https://medium.com/p/23d3764caf78 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 20:08:34 GMT 2019-12-08T20:08:34.396Z <![CDATA[Insomnia]]>

Insomnia is moonlit isolation, Loneliness in black and white. Ruminate, perseverate Deep-worn dendrites, Could have, should have, need to…

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