Category: People

  • A New Year’s Update

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    I took a long and sorely needed break for Christmas at the end of the year. I drove I70 across Kansas to the Kansas City area the week before Christmas and stopped for two nights at my aunt and uncle’s in the charming little town of Weston, Missouri. The big snowstorm happened the night before…

  • Minneapolis Spring 2012

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    Despite the big travel shuffle that ended with me changing my plans and attending my brother’s small wedding, I did make it out to Minneapolis. Only one week later than planned, too! I really like this town. I like that it is covered in trees. I like that the streets make no sense. I like…

  • Jeff and Diana’s Wedding

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    My brother got married last weekend. It was a small, informal family wedding, and everyone on both sides made it. Even me. I wasn’t going to go at first. We only had a few weeks notice of the date, and it was on the weekend I had bought plane tickets to visit Ben in Minneapolis.…

  • Can I Tell You a Story?

    One night I’m sitting at a table near the window in the front of Stomping Grounds… And there’s this girl. She’s not my girl but she’s someone’s and she’s so important. Maybe an introduction, first. When I was in college Stomping Grounds, formerly a coffee shop and later a cafe, was a common place to…