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Protecting My Ears Helped Me to Embrace This Aging Body

It’s never too late to take care of yourself.

Sep 5, 2023

Protecting My Ears Helped Me to Embrace This Aging Body

Sep 5, 2023

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Opting out of Oppenheimer: My Father’s Atomic Obsession

The American tale of a nuclear family

Aug 7, 2023

A color photo of a mushroom cloud from an atomic text at Nevada Test Site in 1957. The photo is very orange with the top of the mushroom cloud in very bright light.

Aug 7, 2023

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How to Thrive as the Villain In Another Person’s Story

Or, learning that I don’t have to be the good girl anymore.

May 8, 2023

I woman stands with her fist in the camera. The fist is in focus and the woman is out of focus in the background. The woman wears a gold ring on her ring finger that says “I am bad ass”

May 8, 2023

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Faces In Magnolia Blossoms Tell Me The Story of Spring

My annual flirtation with pareidolia

Feb 29, 2024

Faces In Magnolia Blossoms Tell Me The Story of Spring

Feb 29, 2024

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Nevada’s Nuclear Legacy and My Family’s Atomic Bonds

Touring the Nevada Test Site helped me understand my family’s contribution to America’s nuclear past

Feb 20, 2024

A black and white photo shows military troops in the foreground and in the background a mushroom cloud rises from a nuclear test in the Nevada desert.

Feb 20, 2024

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Finding Balance Through Pilates for Menopause and Aging

How exercise became my menopause medicine

Feb 12, 2024

Finding Balance Through Pilates for Menopause and Aging

Feb 12, 2024

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COVID Finally Found Me

In a game of hide and seek, COVID always wins

Jan 9, 2024

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Jan 9, 2024

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Trash Piles, Wildfires, and Metaphors Are All Things I Found In My Driveway Today

The last day of summer

Sep 22, 2023

A small maple leave that is green in the middle and red on the edges.

Sep 22, 2023

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New Mexico’s State Cookie is a Little Taste of Home

Anise and cinnamon-flavored memories

Sep 18, 2023

New Mexico’s State Cookie is a Little Taste of Home

Sep 18, 2023

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Face Value

The passion of the font choice

Aug 13, 2023

A faded sign with a red background and the word No in decaying yellow paint.

Aug 13, 2023

Karen Fayeth

Karen Fayeth

I work all day, I art all night. Find me at karenfayeth.com and karenfayeth on all the socials (Twitter, Insta, FB, etc)

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