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The right place? part I
Being in the middle is a thought-provoking place to be, but it can be a difficult one. Sometimes just having lived that is most beneficial to others.
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Well, it happened
I’m going to give a Ted Talk! Actually, I’ll be giving a TedX Sioux Falls talk in just a few weeks. May 4 to be precise. So planning and practice are in full force. Tonight I made a prop for it with my mom, then we hugged and cried and had a really nice moment.…
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Scholarship dollars, the great motivator
It’s scholarship application season for one more week in my corner of the world. What this means is that until March 31, students in my region can apply for local scholarships to help them pay for college next year. The scholarship application window runs from the middle of December or first part of January (depends…
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International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day and it feels very fitting that yesterday my alma mater, Augustana University, published the schedule for fall classes. I’ll be teaching a women and ecology in literature class, and I’m so excited to spend a whole semester having challenging and meaningful discussions about stories of women and our planet and…
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One thing that scares you
In 1997, Chicago Tribune journalist Mary Shmich wrote an essay about the value of advice. She set it up like a graduation speech, giving advice to young people getting ready to go out into the world: “Inside every adult lurks a graduation speaker dying to get out, some world-weary pundit eager to pontificate on life…
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Notes from the in-between 