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Two-frame image of Stephanie by a pool, sitting in one photo and standing with her hand raised in the rain in the other Drained & Renewed!
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Drained & Renewed!

April 17, 2022January 12, 2026 Stephanie Ortiz2 Comments

Well, not exactly. It kept getting algae and turning green for years, though it made for a great Kermit the frog “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” moment. So we did what had to be done. We drained it of all that might be clouding it up. I’ve been just as foggy. Instead of being filled with… Continue reading Drained & Renewed!

Billy Cunningham 1968 newspaper headline and daughter on phone — Running Out of Gas, Cunningham’s Court Memory #25. Running Out of Gas — Cunningham’s Court (Memory #25)
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Running Out of Gas — Cunningham’s Court (Memory #25)

April 11, 2022November 7, 2025 Stephanie Ortiz4 Comments

Even legends run out of gas sometimes. This Cunningham’s Court memory rewinds to 1968 — when Billy Cunningham’s pit stop made the papers.

Outcasts For Hell Week
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Outcasts For Hell Week

April 3, 2022January 12, 2026 Stephanie Ortiz6 Comments

No picture this muse. You ask, why? It’s been that kind of week! I finally figured out something huge about myself–I’m a runner. And no, not a physical runner. In that regard, I hate running. But I run from the complex parts of life, especially when all goes to pot during hell week. Fight or… Continue reading Outcasts For Hell Week

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I’m Stephanie Ortiz, a storyteller–like a professional organizer; only I use words instead of boxes. I’ve written fiction and nonfiction since being a journalism major at UNC-Chapel Hill–before there were iPhones, to know a story when it hits me. And whenever I need a muse, there’s always real life to draw from.

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