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I had a flash fiction piece published by this interesting project called Found Polaroids. The website's founder has been collecting polaroids from all over, and as the site says: "The result is this: Found Polaroids, a collection of over 6000 images." More than one hundred photos already live on the site, but that's just the start. … Continue reading My Found Polaroid

Stephanie and I started an experiment five years ago today. We decided to eat a vegetarian diet for the month of October. We’d both tried it a few times before. But this time we did it for a reason. We did it to remember our friend, Stephanie’s best friend, Amanda. Amanda, a longtime vegetarian, was … Continue reading five year veggieversary

People back home always ask me, "How's Minnesota?" It's great, I tell them. The weather is nice (for now) and warm (also, for now) and the sky is clear (you get the picture). My classes are great, and I sometimes wonder how I got so lucky. Some days while my wife works, I sit and … Continue reading Mankato, Minnesota: The good, the bad, and the “different.”

“When are you going to write a song about me?” Stephanie asked me this question often when we first started dating. And rightly so. I’d written songs about girls before—and songs about books and songs about songs—so it made sense I would write one about the woman I’d one day marry. But I stopped writing … Continue reading A wedding song

1.   From: Management <Management@RAMJACcorp.com> Date: Friday, June 20, 2015 12:27 PM To: staff <office@RAMJACcorp.com> Subject: Fridge use issues (please read) Everyone, Management is setting a new rule for office fridge use. We really hate to do this, but recent events have tied our hand/s. The process started when Larry brought to our attention that … Continue reading new rules for office fridge use

- Nearly one year of rapid-fire planning, scrounging, pulling together every little bit like building sandcastles, and when we moved to the next tower, the tide took away the last. Torture, some might call it. Just chaos, I'd reply. But that'd be forgetting. Because just for a moment as she walked down the aisle, the … Continue reading June 6, 2015

- I’ve started listing things—restaurants, breweries, events. They’re places I’ve been itching to try for some time. They’re places I’ve been to countless times. With the impending Minnesota move fast approaching, I want to drink it all in, savor Indianapolis. Here is a list, in no conscious order, of places I want to try: St. … Continue reading Loose ends in Indy