The world is burning. Right now, our air quality index is at 569. That’s the DANGER range, ya’ll. I took this photo of my garden, which is currently showing off all its July splendor, and noticed that the lake behind it is hardly visible due to the smoke. The only way to avoid breathing in […]
In 2008, a microburst hit the shores of Sandy Point Resort. Straight line winds took out 14 trees, threw every boat into the forest, destroyed a boat house and a swing-set, and ripped up the west dock. A stand of birch trees, perched on the shoreline adjacent to our Hole 27 (Walleye) disc golf basket,
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It’s 8:15 am in Portland, Oregon, and Ms. Van Lehman (or “Ms. V” as her students affectionately call her) is preparing to teach her last classes at Jackson Middle School. Gayle Van Lehman, my Irish Twin, is retiring today after 20 years of teaching Language Arts and Social Studies to adolescents in the Portland Public
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Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender
Every skilled debater knows that the easiest way to go off track is to attack your opponent personally rather than the topic …
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“I’ve lived with the arrow for a while now. I found it unexpectedly, loved it immediately, and carried it home without knowing the full weight of what it was. Once I learned its story, I told myself I was just its caretaker for a time. And yet, time passed…”
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Willow is a Food Policy Analyst for the Jefferson County Department of Public Health.
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Camille has officially taken over Dream Life Designs, a brand I started over 25 years ago. Her fun and unique sense of style showed itself at a very young age, when each day she dressed herself to the music of Miley Cirus, Destiny’s Child, and Florence and the Machine. She emerged from her room, always
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My first book, a memoir, debuted in 2002. It was a Cinderella story for this writer—a former newspaper columnist and aspiring author—as I received a contract from the very first publisher to whom I sent the manuscript. The book did so well for McKenna Publishing Group that the agency negotiated five more titles under my
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Dear Joanie,Your brother called while I was planting a garden for you at your home away from home. As he spoke, I heard his flute accompany his gentle voice. He took the red-eye from Sacramento, he said, and the musical tones grew louder. All at once the purples and the yellows of the garden blurred
We’ve lived in this old house for 33 years, 10 years full-time. One section is 100 years old. Although there had been updates before our takeover in 1993, we have made it unrecognizable to previous owners and builders. Absent a powder room, the first-floor bathroom serves as the guest bathroom. When our daughters are here,
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