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Move over, urns: 4 kind of cool things you can do with ashes, and 1 crazy thing

May 6, 2015

Ashes can turn up in some unexpected places.

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Book review: THE BROTHERS

May 4, 2015

My review of THE BROTHERS: THE ROAD TO AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY

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What’s making me happy (May 1 edition)

May 1, 2015

A book, a thought, a network.

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40 years ago: The fall of Saigon

April 30, 2015

What I learned recently about the fall of Saigon.

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3 things making me happy this week (April 24)

April 24, 2015

This week’s theme: Things that connect us. Words. Music. Stories.

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What’s making me happy this week (April 17)

April 17, 2015

An amazing time with an amazing band tops my list this week.

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Don’t remember? No problem!

April 15, 2015

If you want to write memoir but don’t remember specific details of events, that’s OK. Here’s one way to address the issue.

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What’s making me happy this week (April 10)

April 12, 2015

My three favorite things this week come from the AWP Conference, held in Minneapolis April 8-11.

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If you were to host an hour-long radio show of murder ballads, what would you choose?

April 9, 2015

What my friend and I picked as the best representation of murder in song.

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3 things making me happy this week (April 3)

April 3, 2015

This week I’m into headstands, drawing, and Elliott Smith.

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