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Why do you Run?

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Why do you Run?

Let’s get this out of the way first, I am aware that I’m a privileged white woman. I walk, hike, run, bike, and enjoy many other physical recreation activities. I’ve lived …

Food Preparation

Food Preparation

In the outdoor backpacking community, and I suspect beyond, there is an adage that ‘you pack your fear.’ My fear is …

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Italy Travel Tips

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Italy Travel Tips

*These tips were gleaned during a December 2019-January 2020 Italy trip.

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I like cemeteries.

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I like cemeteries.

It’s Halloween 2019 as I write this. Pumpkins, corn stalks, skeletons, and cemetery displays are decorating the neighborhoods. I like cemeteries. Cemeteries can simultaneously comfort and creep out, be private and public, and be empty and full. They tend to be peaceful, and as a cousin of mine pointed out, the residents aren’t judging.

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Driving My Life

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Driving My Life

I drove East on I94 in intermittent rain showers from Bismarck, North Dakota to St. Paul, Minnesota. The rain reminded me of a September trip I had taken to Tennessee.

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Process Pleasure 🎨

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Process Pleasure 🎨

On the television program MN Original,I watched Minneapolis-based painter Eddie Hamilton use his white paint covered hand to spread the color over a finished painting. I gaped. I may have gasped aloud. I was dumbfounded. Why would an artist injure his creation?

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I Went to a Prison

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I Went to a Prison

In May 2017, I road tripped in Idaho. My favorite places were Craters of the Moon National Park, Hells Canyon, Coeur d’Alene, and Boise. It was hot in Boise. 

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Pedal Push

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Pedal Push

I stuck out in my visible-to-traffic puffy fluorescent pink jacket and black yoga pants that did not have the rider-preferred bottom padding as I straddled a second-hand mountain bike among a crowd of riders clad in bicycle jerseys, padded shorts, aerodynamic helmets, and with their own high-end, outfitted bikes. 

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