Revisiting a memory of happy summers in North Dakota.
When traveling home with my siblings for Mom’s funeral in Dickinson, ND recently, we visited Grandma’s old neighborhood, and I got a stunning surprise.
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An Amazing, Heartfelt Memory
RIP 4th Estate
I have the trump flu. I’m mildly depressed and trying to force myself to keep moving forward every day in a positive direction.
How Do Millennials See Feminism? Our First Guest Post from Holly Whitman
Holly Whitman, journalist
I can’t tell you how many times in school I was forced to read coming-of-age books for boys, like Lord of the Flies and The Catcher in the Rye. It’s enough to make a girl wonder – what would happen if I were the kid-king after an abandoned airplane crash? I can tell you this: Lord of the Flies would have been a much different story with me in the lead. [Read more…]
Why We Love to Talk about Our Aches and Pains
When I was a young person I would watch older people get together and talk, and I saw they frequently talked about their maladies. I thought, “How boring!” You probably did, too. [Read more…]
A Beautiful Story for Mother’s Day
When you get older, you look back at your life. Some of it causes you pain. Sometimes, you are blessed with redemption. [Read more…]
We’re Blessed, Not Old
The fabulous, iconic Dolly Parton enjoyed her 70th birthday on 1/19/16
A lot of people have a problem with the word “old.” [Read more…]
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