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  • We made a COVID-19 memorial in the ashes of a Joshua tree forest

    We made a COVID-19 memorial in the ashes of a Joshua tree forest

    Miles W. Griffis

    Despite nearly 1.3 million deaths and counting, there is still not a national memorial for the pandemic. Our informal memorial in the middle of the Mojave Desert is one small way to remember those we’ve lost so far. Read more…

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  • Miles  [12:23 PM] ID: A burnt, but surviving Joshua tree stands in the Dome Fire burn scar during sunset. A far away mountain glows in the late day light. Thousands of dead Joshua trees stand on the burnscar among invasive grasses that paint the landscape gold.
    September 8, 2026

    We made a COVID-19 memorial in the ashes of a Joshua tree forest

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    August 28, 2026

    “We’re going to stop the gaslighting right now”: How I’m fighting back as a Black woman with Long COVID

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    August 21, 2026

    “Hope to outlast the storm”: How severe ME impacts two brothers

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    Breast cancer exposed the lack of care I receive for Long COVID

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