Posted On: June 8, 2016
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TBEX, aka The Travel Blog Exchange, held its annual USA conference last week right here in the Twin Cities. The days were packed with speakers, sessions, networking, partying, and of course, all things blogging/SM/podcasting/etc. Some…
Posted On: March 4, 2015
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They may be the most mind-blowing invention ever. But are smartphones as amazing as we think they are?
They have never: Cooked a delicious meal; hoisted the sails; shoveled snow.
What’s more, they can be…
Posted On: January 26, 2015
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Well, the Vacation Revolution we announced in the last post is confronting resistance already. The NYT reported last week on the trend of “workations.” That’s when high-wired, workaholic types travel to exotic, “all-inclusive” destinations decked…
Posted On: November 3, 2014
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Our obsession with smartphones festers on. Go to a social spot like a bar or a rock concert and most everyone is focused on their phone. Students list “no wifi” as a reason they won’t…
Posted On: April 18, 2014
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This morning, I woke up too early. The wind had been whistling and whirring for hours. And when I headed down the hallway, the cold breeze that sneaks through lake-facing windows chilled me. Then I…
Posted On: September 19, 2013
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Twice this week, while on the phone trying to expedite matters of consequence that had become stalled, this was what my teleconference-mate told me.
“Uh, okay, as you wish,” was my delayed response—though I secretly…
Posted On: June 15, 2013
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As a jumpy dad teaching his teenager to drive, I have a new respect for the complex privilege. As a recent recoverer from a head-on collision, I carry uncomfortable baggage about distracted drivers. The gentleman…
Posted On: May 21, 2013
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In a Zenny mindfulness class I’m taking, a woman explained the mantra she asks herself whenever she senses her brain wandering cluelessly:
“Am I present?”
Most people anymore might prefer to ask themselves,
“Am I…
Posted On: February 24, 2013
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A recent article from McClatchy describes our lust for technology—smart phones, SM, TV, games—and the fact that we are not alone. That is, our life partners likely share this myopic desire. And that’s wreaking havoc…
Posted On: February 10, 2013
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Domeni Hedderman and her husband uprooted their three kids and five super-routines to BreakAway for six months in Belize. On an island. You can read all about it here.
Or you can write your own…
