Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson is the author of the essay collection On Earth as It Is. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

— From April 2021

Essays, Memoirs, and True Stories

Funeral For A Hamster

I was unable to protect my children from heartache. I couldn’t keep them from the pain of it. But I could ease their journey by helping them light their dead hamster’s funeral pyre.

April 2021

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