[f/k/a cate]

Our Obsession with Success

Beckham, High School, and Social Media

Published on [f/k/a cate] • Sep 3

August 2025

Raising Adolescent Girls is a Great Life Hack

Advice on parenting teens is really advice for us all

Aug 23 • 

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motorhead

how to blow a gasket

Aug 4 • 

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May 2025

writing memory

it's harder than I thought

May 19 • 

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Is Water Quality So Bad That I Shouldn’t Let My Kids Play in Our Local Creeks?

After testing local creek water, I’m rethinking whether it’s safe to allow my children the freedom I had to explore nature

Published on Open Secrets Magazine • May 8

February 2025

on grumpiness

and have you tried dry brushing?

Feb 2 • 

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January 2025

on going tradwife

jk but I'm sure baking a lot

Jan 22 • 

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December 2024

small signs

barre, booze, and babies

Dec 2, 2024 • 

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November 2024

baby's first burner phone

a lesson in jumping to conclusions

Nov 4, 2024 • 

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October 2024

communing w the dead in the kitchen (still)

don't worry it's a metaphor (i think)

Oct 11, 2024 • 

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August 2024

swimming in seine

(but not after it rains!)

Aug 5, 2024 • 

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April 2024

A Eulogy Revisited

grief, technology, and memory

Apr 6, 2024 • 

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