Posted On: October 2, 2012
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Fall hits like a splattering pumpkin in Minnesota. One fine morning, warm summer arms embrace you. The next, you’re slapped by sleet, biting winds and millions of dirty leaves. If you try to look up,…
Posted On: June 5, 2012
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The Literary Committte had bigger topics, and the family blender was on puree. But the day came down to a cat. She put up with the transfer like a real gamer, but you could see…
Posted On: September 8, 2011
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Downtowns are supposed to be places where we can walk, gawk and escape our routine. Make some celebration. Stumble on an odd adventure. And feel the beat of the streets. When traveling—whether to New York…
Posted On: June 11, 2011
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These could be shocking words. But when my 8-year-old daughter squealed them recently, I chuckled. She was playing with my hair—bored out of her skull while watching her 14-year-old brother play baseball. Again. She had…
Posted On: March 12, 2011
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Spiritual seekers keep an open mind—and enter open doors. On Ash Wednesday, my car parked itself and my legs followed hundreds of others who were quietly striding over the ice to commemorate the first day…
Posted On: November 22, 2010
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Happy birthday to Me. Yep, it’s arrived: The Big 5-Oh.
Now there’s a number that screams for extreme measures. So I made a list of, oh, 50 things I might do to commemorate, celebrate, and…
Posted On: January 5, 2010
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Away, stress recedes.
Struggles, stuff, lists: washed to sea.
Just for now, all’s cool.…
Posted On: July 2, 2009
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Check out this funny, smart WashPost column that dares to ask: Am I busy? Or am I lazy? Why, exactly, don’t I get those new eyeglasses, pay that insurance bill, and master my iPod?
My…
Posted On: June 26, 2009
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Michael Jackson is dead. I have a hard time writing that—because he has been in exile for ages and yet can still touch every living person with his amazing music. In this youtube link, even…
Posted On: June 21, 2009
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Some of my more devout readers have been saying, “Hey, Horse: How come you don’t write much personal, emo-navel-gazing stuff lately, like you did before your BreakAway and while you were in the islands?” Good…
