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Re-living U.S. history
I haven’t uploaded pictures, so this lovely shot is from Washington, D.C.’s website. You can read about the Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial here:...
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Life in color
Post-color glitter extravaganza. I’ve been darting about the state, sometimes further, this month — a holiday in my hometown, a few days here and there snatched with scattered friends. I spent last...
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Sea change
On a clear day. I fly into San Francisco Thursday morning, muscles sagging with the weight of more than 24 sleepless hours and the knowledge of a full day to come. I’ve traveled this far for the...
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Summer’s in the details
Hidden vista at the end of our canoe trip. Late start, late arrival, pitch tent by flashlight. Whispers, sleeping arrangements. Family. Hard-packed ground, slanted sleeping pads, stretch, backache,...
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Get smart
The power of the sun in the palm of your hand. I’ve reached a sort of milestone lately. In college I never had a cell phone. Halfway through freshman year, a friend gave me a broken early-generation...
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Every few months I get around to remembering that I am me, and not someone else, and it’s always a bit of a surprise that I forgot. I mean, it’s not exactly rocket science. But somehow, that little...
View ArticleRacist like me
A year ago I volunteered to help out at the Daily Globe booth at the county fair. It was early afternoon, and no one was in a rush; we sipped at chocolate malts while subscribers dropped by to chat and...
View ArticleMoving in
This weekend I emptied my little apartment into boxes, bins and borrowed pickup trucks and, with the help of a few wildly underappreciated friends, moved into my next home. I think a lot about place...
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Four smartphone apps for tech novices
I tend to be a little behind the curve when it comes to technology, and my recent transition to a smartphone has been a pretty steep learning curve. Honestly, I love it. It’s made communicating with...
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Malice and Harry Potter
Wax-sealed menus of Harry Potter recipes. No friends were seriously injured in the making of this project. Last week was “one of those weeks,” a delicate term for a series of days that makes you want...
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Scrubbing out the faith
We’re going to talk about religion, but first we’re going to talk about dead things. When I was young we had a bird feeder outside the wide picture window in our living room. We’d watch the...
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Blinking at the icicles
Yesterday when I woke up and dove across the room for my alarm, the windows of my house were glistening — early sunlight barely catching on condensation frosting in the corners. For the first time in...
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A month of Tuesdays
Honestly, I thought it was going to be easy. I thought, we’re flipping through the last chapter of 2015, and I can check out for most of December — one month of self-indulgent rest before the clamor...
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Mariah Carey and the holy war on Christmas
OOOOH I DON’T WANT A LOT FOR CHRISTMAS Well, it’s that time of year — the stockings are hung, the candles are lit, our bodies are pleasantly buzzing with chocolate and we’ve all silently agreed to claw...
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Old years resolutions
Like many of us, I don’t make New Years resolutions — and if I did, I wouldn’t tell anyone. But I write about it sometimes. I’ve been flicking through the journal I sporadically keep, trying to...
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Growing up cold
Walking through the woods on a snowy evening Two days ago I sat down to write. It was savagely cold out — imagine (or remember) ice crystals crawling meticulously up the windows, a thin breath of...
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Here’s to the Minnesotans
A Worthington street — or what you can see of it — on blizzard day. Instagram: @robertafultz As I write this, it’s blizzard day — the world outside is quickly turning white. I love these days, honestly...
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Single on Valentine’s Day
Ah, Singles Awareness Day. It’s February — that time of year when our part of the world bands together to remind the singles exactly how single they are. You know, in case they’ve forgotten. It’s...
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Patience is a virtue that nobody likes
When I started writing today, there were enough sidewalk puddles to make me (or anyone under 12 years old) positively giddy. By evening, everything turned white. The sunlight keeps mocking our...
View ArticleHow To Be Happy
Last fall, after my parents took me to see the film “Inside Out,” my dad grinned a little sideways at me and said, “I think you might give Sadness free rein in the control room.” I tend a little...
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