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The Skate Girls of Kabul
“It’s hard not to think of Afghan girls skateboarding as an unlikely clash of cultures. But when you see these children tearing around...
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Mar 12, 20191 min read
Queen not Queen
Big thanks to Alan Jacobs (https://ayjay.org/) for introducing me to this video through his excellent newsletter - Snakes & Ladders. "If...
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Mar 11, 20192 min read
No. 54 Still Crazy: Annie Proulx
I saw my favorite American writer in the grocery store last night. Annie Proulx was pushing a grocery cart and choosing salsa. I...
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Mar 10, 20192 min read
Girl Trouble Will Not Be Told
The greatest rock n roll band on the planet just celebrated 35 years together. Last night, at a sold out show at Tacoma's Alma Mater, my...
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Mar 7, 20191 min read
Carol Ann Duffy: The Voice Sound
"To be any nation's poet laureate in the 21st century requires extraordinary broad empathic range." -- Shakespeare & Co. Podcast Work...
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Mar 5, 20191 min read
No. 49 Two Books, Same Title
“People who don’t read or write poetry always hold it in very high regard.” -- Nick Laird I’m a Zadie Smith fangirl. I love the poems of...
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Mar 4, 20192 min read
The Goldmine of Female Authors
“Welcome to Backlisted. The podcast that gives new life to old books.” A couple years ago, I was at a party where there happen to be a...
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Feb 21, 20192 min read
No. 38 The Monkees
"We're the young generation and we've got something to say." The death of Peter Tork brought back the memory of a family story I have...
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Feb 20, 20191 min read
40 Winters in Gothic, Colorado
"Learning to fall is probably the most important thing." -- billy barr For those of us in the Pacific Northwest, a couple days of big...
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Feb 19, 20191 min read
11 Hours at the Korean Women's Spa
“Olympus Spa has merged Eastern medicinal techniques with Western relaxation techniques to create a total health conscious spa. It is the...
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Feb 16, 20192 min read
No. 34 Sugar Skull Scarves
In fashion, every day can be your day of the dead. My first exposure to sugar skull scarves was through designer Alexander McQueen. His...
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Feb 15, 20192 min read
No. 33 This Photograph is My Proof
This photograph is my proof. There was that afternoon. When things were still good between us, and she embraced me, and we were so happy....
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Feb 13, 20191 min read
No. 31 Roald Dahl's Sleeping Bag
"You get really comfortable and then you're away." It is no accident that Roald Dahl has composed some of the most profound literature...
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Feb 11, 20192 min read
No. 29 Read a Fucking Book
“Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away.” -- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E....
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Feb 8, 20193 min read
No. 26 Shakespeare, TV, & A Podcast
Here are the rest of my January Top 10 creative inspirations. Nabhaan Rizwan and Roger Jean Nsengiyumva in Informer 5. The National...
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Feb 7, 20192 min read
No. 25 The Romans Are Coming
'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man Comes singing songs of love -- Donovan Here is number 4 on my list of top cultural experiences and...
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Feb 5, 20192 min read
Seven Plays, Seven Deaths & A Queen
Inspired by Austin #StealLikeAnArtist Kleon, I’ve put together my January top artistic experiences and influences. Kleon’s is a top ten...
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Feb 4, 20192 min read
No. 23 Clocked
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid...
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Feb 3, 20192 min read
Ursala Le Guin Made Time
"If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don’t marry and have kids, and above all, don’t die. But if you have to die, commit...
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Jan 25, 20193 min read
Do Digital and Art Still Need to Get a Room?
Go flirting to serve the Lords of Social Media as a showgirl or wizard, or, looking for adventure, to wander from platform to platform of...
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