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Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Feb 11, 2020
- 1 min
Metaphor of my Life
I hope this isn't a metaphor of my life: pretty but impossible to set right.
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Jan 20, 2020
- 2 min
Dear Pal
I went to a psychic last night to see if she could diagnose my pain and gift me with additional information.
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Dec 28, 2019
- 2 min
Time Traveling from Moment to Moment
It was like I was time traveling from one moment to another, hours apart.
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Dec 27, 2019
- 2 min
Art Walk
the GPS doesn't understand what it's like to walk on a crowded sidewalk in Manhattan where I had to wait a minute or two at the end of every
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Dec 22, 2019
- 6 min
Before the Decorations
There is a deep ravine next to her driveway. Wouldn't it be inconvenient if my car slid into the abyss? How long until my sister and her...
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Dec 12, 2019
- 5 min
Still Life with Pleurisy
When I'm alone I make myself repeat the mantra: "I will not talk to others about my pain," but the moment there is a lull in a conversation,
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Dec 2, 2019
- 3 min
A Narrow Path
...there was something odd. What was it? No, there wasn't a sound, I wasn't cold or hungry and there wasn't anything out of place, except...
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Nov 30, 2019
- 2 min
All Water is a Bath
I asked him if he would remember this baptism when he got older. He started to cry. Clearly memory was a sore subject for him, ...
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Nov 29, 2019
- 9 min
Little Annoyances
My sister Heather called at 7:00 AM to see if I was awake. I was. She was off to Poughkeepsie to buy that camera that they didn't have in...
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Nov 27, 2019
- 3 min
A Patient Patient?
I went to my doctor for pity and advice on how to be rid of the pleurisy that crept into my lungs seven weeks ago, and walked out with a...
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Nov 24, 2019
- 3 min
How Gross is this Going to Be?
How does one buy chicken feet. By the pair? How many feet fit into a bag? Am I going to be grossed out by floppy, dead chicken feet?
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Nov 14, 2019
- 4 min
Protecting Me
...my father had told me long ago that the wild animals called Fisher Cats had a cry that sounded human...
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Nov 12, 2019
- 4 min
Choose my Own Medical Condition
...so I dubbed myself Sheriff of Medical Answers and accepted my fate. Pain while breathing.
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Jul 27, 2019
- 10 min
My Turkey Adventure: 2019: Day 21: Antalya: Hamam
Turkey 2019 Day 21: Antalya: Hamam Holly Winter “Do you have any questions?” the receptionist asked in perfect English. This was my first...
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Jul 9, 2019
- 5 min
My Turkey Adventure 2019: Day 7 : Ciftlik: Fish for Dinner
This column is a sample of Holly Winter Huppert's book, Cheese for Breakfast: My Turkish Summer. The book chronicles Holly's solo travels...
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
How Mom’s Intuition Saved me from a Terrorist Attack
Although I write stories about my life in my creative nonfiction essays, I’ve shied away from writing this story. Most of my people have...
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Aug 17, 2018
- 6 min
Dear Child Writer: Eagle Snack
….. Hi Isabel, So you want to be a writer? You can. Welcome to the game of writing. Words have power, so choosing your words carefully is...
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Mar 5, 2018
- 7 min
The History of 17 Years of School Shootings from A Teacher
..... Dear Students and Former Students, Do you remember the day after Columbine when you walked into my high school English class and...
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Feb 3, 2018
- 10 min
Struggling with Tenses
A photo with my late father. (Uncle Rudy: photo bomber) ….. It was a fierce love that connected me to my uncle Rudy. He was more than a...
Holly Winter Huppert: Living the Life of Holly
- Jan 23, 2018
- 2 min
Deal Pal
I went to a psychic last night to see if she could diagnose my pain and gift me with additional information.