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You think I'm sexy and I think you're stoned

Letters to various friends/short fiction

Jan 11 • Nina Motter

The sun rises in the east, and it keeps rising for you

There's still hope for us.

Oct 25, 2025 • Nina Motter

Elderly man on the steps of an Italian church

Alternatively titled, "I went to Sicily and cried the whole time."

Aug 17, 2025 • Nina Motter

I see love in everything and love sees everything in me too

A gentle reminder

Feb 26, 2025 • Nina Motter

Hold hard and let go and go on

It is 64 degrees in Athens, Ohio.

Feb 6, 2025 • Nina Motter

Recent posts

October bits and pieces

Various conversations with friends and one awful, tender fantasy.

Oct 22, 2024 • Nina Motter

A brief geography of the front porch

If God is a woman, heaven is a front porch in the summertime.

Jul 4, 2024 • Nina Motter

All of my soulmates are in this room!

Loss has been good to me.

Apr 29, 2024 • Nina Motter

On grief, gratitude, and the law of conservation of energy

Grief is just love in a heavy coat.

Mar 7, 2024 • Nina Motter

Female friendship is the purest form of love

There’s profound intimacy in the simple act of being girls together.

Feb 16, 2024 • Nina Motter

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