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Curiosity
Curiosity didn’t kill the cat. Curiosity sensitized her whiskers, perked up her ears to sounds she’d never heard before. Old tunes rang new as curiosity fine-tuned the hertz for a different perspective. Curiosity led the cat into unexpected friendships, spontaneous … Continue reading
A Love Letter to My Husband
Dear Ace: The Franklin Bridge is under construction, traffic diverted away from the exact spot where you suggested that we “run the race of life together” lo these many years ago. I’m tempted to zip in under the cover of … Continue reading
Blessed Be the Tie That Binds
My maternal grandmother died in a car accident, when her brakes went out on a winding mountain road in California. Margarette Fairbank Dyson Milanese was a tiny woman, barely five feet tall, with a wavy pin-curl bob and starched white … Continue reading
The Ace Transducer
My husband, Ace, doesn’t believe in Valentine’s Day, says he doesn’t want to be manipulated by our consumerist culture into professing ebullient emotions in a manner befitting an extrovert. Those are my words. He’d say, “I don’t like it when … Continue reading
Try a Little Tenderness
Several weeks ago, a short article in the Star Tribune caught my eye. The Ebola outbreak in Africa effectively trapped a woman and her two children, preventing them from getting home to Minnesota. In order to return, they would’ve needed … Continue reading
What Then Must We Do?
Dear man at the corner with the cardboard sign: You make me uncomfortable. Let me rephrase that. I feel uncomfortable when I pull up next to you in my relatively new Subaru Outback as I drive to our well-appointed home … Continue reading
The Top 10 Reasons I Love the Minnesota State Fair
Sunday night. I just consumed cherries, a Tosca pear, orange sweet pepper, raspberries, and eight ounces of Citrucel in my after-the-fair cleansing ritual. Begone mini donuts! Get thee away deep-deep-deep-fried perch! Still giddy from my Friday Fair success (I went … Continue reading
Grampa Sid’s Sharpie Legacy
I can picture the seagulls clearly, dancing along their proscribed circles, all in orbit around the hook hanging from my ceiling. The ubiquitous 1970s mobile. Mine with graceful arcs of silver metal, the birds dangling on their little tethers. Grampa … Continue reading
Rejecting John Green – A Love Letter
Dear John Green: Thank you so much for sending along your manuscript, The Fault in Our Stars, for my consideration. I’m afraid it is not quite right for our list at this time. You demonstrate startling insight into the teenage … Continue reading
A Tail of Too Shitties
(Please be advised that this post contains an excessive number of exclamation points. And a couple photos that some folks might consider gross. Please plan accordingly.) The dark brown dots on the side of the fridge aren’t chocolate. Or paint. … Continue reading