When I was asked to speak at An Event Apart Minneapolis, I thought, “An Event Apart, yes! Minneapolis, whatever.” I wasn’t expecting much from my trip to the Twin Cities — but I was dead wrong.
Flying over Minnesota for the first time a week ago today, all I could see was a flat expanse of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Digressions'
Fun Times in Mini-Apple-Us
July 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Digressions, Travel
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I am (more than?) a bunch of adjectives
January 16th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Digressions
I think like a lot of us, I have an incessant need to see myself reflected by others in order to believe that I am who I think I am. Positively and negatively. I save adjectives like souvenirs, reminders of when I got them and from whom. I wear them as badges, as armor. When [...]
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Happy New Year to You
January 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Digressions
2010 is here and I can hardly believe it. A new decade. A new period of time to look forward to with high expectations and even higher hopes.
At this time….
…ten years ago, I was starting my last semester of high school and looking forward to the freedom of college.
…five years ago, I was starting [...]
Darlin’ Do Not Fear
November 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Digressions
Sometimes the perfect song just finds you.
When I arrived in my own set of clothes
I was half a world away from my home
And I was hunted by the wolves and I was heckled by the crows
Darlin’ do not fear what you don’t really know
Alongside my innocence I laid in bed awake
Conflicted in these chains with [...]
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May you be inscribed in the book of life
September 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Digressions
Yesterday was Yom Kippur, considered the holiest day of the year for Jews. I have never been particularly religious, but fasting on Yom Kippur is something I’ve done since I was a kid. Not because my parents told me to or because it was expected of me, but because the significance of the day is [...]
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