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: January 16, 2013
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“NOT in MY house!” So goes an old saying. And in MY house, those NOTS include a short but do-able list of guidelines for Sundays:
> No working.
> No obsessing on tech toys.
>…
Posted On: August 2, 2012
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The family vacation may go the way of the dodo bird—if work bennies and family units continue to fall apart. Perhaps that’s why some of us keep advocating long-term family travel: escaping your homelife for…
Posted On: June 3, 2012
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Bless their hearts; all our friends, colleagues, and community cronies have a question or 5 about our impending trip. In fact, they’re usually the same ones over and over—something like this…
All packed up yet?”…
Posted On: March 2, 2012
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Once upon a time, people grew their own food and played in the sunshine and sat around talkin’ story. Nowadays, most of us choose instead to stare at screens and tap on plastics and text…
Posted On: December 15, 2011
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Well, what’dya know. After thousands of deaths, countless injuries, and enough accidents to make an auto-body-shop owner dance on graves, the NTSB has finally decided that cell phones and driving don’t mix.
“Inattention” is the…
Posted On: October 3, 2011
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On the freeway, dude in the pick-up behind me talks on his cellphone, snarfs a sandwich, and tailgates like we’re attached until I leave the lane.
Downtown, woman in high heels texts while j-strutting through…
Posted On: June 29, 2011
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Summer arrives in Minnesota like molasses in January. So when it finally hits, we again learn the thrill of life in the slow lane. Oh sure, schedules scream for attention even during the sultry months. …
Posted On: May 5, 2010
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Sometimes the schedule gets hectic. The car becomes a second home. Then the house gets messi(er). The sleep turns fitful. And healthful rituals like exercise, eating well, and chilling out go to pot. Sometimes that’s…
Posted On: January 5, 2010
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Away, stress recedes.
Struggles, stuff, lists: washed to sea.
Just for now, all’s cool.…
