Excerpts from Pocket Observatory

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A Concise Chronicle of a Woman Who Cried at Home

A Concise Chronicle of a Woman Who Cried at Home

What has crying in the home looked like over the centuries?

Meg Conley
Sep 07, 2020
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I’ve been contemplating an odd question lately,

“What has crying in the home looked like over the centuries?”

The answer’s got to be fairly straightforward - crying in the home has always looked like crying in the home. And you know what? That’s probably right. I spent a few days trying to prove it right. The fact that sobbing-at-home (not to be confused …

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