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J Norton

Sinead, Barbie, a Torrent of Hard Tears — my dead dog Lulu

Sinead, Barbie, a Torrent of Unbottled Tears — and Lulu

8 min readAug 6, 2023

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J Norton

Two Versions of the Paths Frequently Not Taken

This January, the shift before I learned of the LAPD killing of Keenan Anderson, I had two calls that weighed heavily on me — directly…

11 min readMay 7, 2023

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J Norton

T.V., the Drug of a Nation

Americans suffer from comfort delusion. We don’t like being told what to do. We think our fuzzy conception of the Constitution…

19 min readDec 16, 2020

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J Norton

Effluvium

In nature, there is no evil, only an abundance of horror; the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots. Isak Dinesen

15 min readJul 30, 2020

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J Norton

9. Cars — R — Coffins

I’ve been to a handful of fatal wrecks, including my first traumatic DOA. I have been spared decapitations, on-scene emergency amputations…

13 min readJul 28, 2020

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J Norton

Chapter 3. Your Friends and Neighbors (excerpt)

The streets are full of insane and dull people… (C. Bukowski)

15 min readJul 27, 2020

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J Norton

Ante Up.

‘Practice doesn’t make perfect, it just makes the game more dangerous.’ Doomtree

7 min readJul 24, 2020

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J Norton

J Norton

DC born and raised; Boston schooled; Midwest --> middle age. Firefighter/EMT and writer. TRAUMA SPONGES: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response

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