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Middled: April 2009
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Learn to live in the Middle West. Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Way back when Middled was just getting on its feet (feet that it soon will find again), my friend, Edan, wrote a great post. About some of her more mystifying encounters with the local dialects of eastern Iowa. Edan is from Los Angeles, where people talk like TV and don’t say the word “bag” as if it rhymed with “leg.”. Looking back, I recognize the early signs of trouble that seemed so innocent at the time, even funny. 8221; I asked. This pasta i...
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Middled: How do you organize your bookshelf?
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Learn to live in the Middle West. Sunday, February 8, 2009. How do you organize your bookshelf? I usually just arrange my books by size with some attention to genre, including “Books I Bought But Still Haven’t Read,” which is one of the largest. A few weeks ago, Danielle came across a more aesthetic approach posted on. I think in the near future we’ll be assessing the hues and gradations of our spines, but there are other approaches. 8220; GERM Books Gallery. Began out of a need for a truly alternative i...
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Middled: December 2007
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Learn to live in the Middle West. Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Through Snow and Space. There may have been something strange in the boiled green beans that I ate at the Tin Can on Saturday. The side dish was more than a bacony compliment to my meal—it was the start of a waking dream. The evening was lovely and dangerous. 8220;In fact,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports, “thundersnow was observed in St. Louis County.”. My friend, Shannon, and I drove to the Contemporary Art Museum.
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Middled: Right At Home
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Learn to live in the Middle West. Friday, July 4, 2008. In April, I got to attend an incredibly decadent dinner party in a historic St. Louis home. I was on assignment for At Home, the home and garden arm of St. Louis Magazine. I ended up eating in the kitchen, but that turned out to be the most entertaining room in the house. The semi-celebrity French chef, Marc Felix, his assistant, Elisabeth Ottolini, and the food that they created were all delightful and impressive. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Middled: April 2008
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Learn to live in the Middle West. Wednesday, April 30, 2008. He only literary magazine that I've ever seen in St. Louis (and a good one at that), has just published its "Sexy" issue, which features a essay I wrote based on a conversation I had with my grandfather about his own sexiness and related themes. Unfortunately, if you're interested in perusing this fine publication, you have to buy it. The price is $8. You can purchase it locally at the locations listed here. If you have a PayPal account.
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Middled: Teaching is Hard
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Learn to live in the Middle West. Tuesday, July 29, 2008. As I mentioned in the last post, I’m now teaching GED and Adult. Basic Education courses at a nonprofit “education and technology center.” The students range in age from their early twenties to their late sixties and come to our center with a variety of academic and work experiences. Some never attended high school or completed a few years, but fell short of earning their diplomas. When I got to the office that day, I chatted with the administrato...
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Middled: March 2008
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Learn to live in the Middle West. Saturday, March 29, 2008. My Famous Aunt's Goose. My article about my Aunt Sally's beautiful cement goose, Lucy, was just published in the April issue of. Thursday, March 13, 2008. Creative Writing Workshop (4/9 - 5/21). I'm teaching a 7-week course for fiction and creative non-fiction writers (sorry, poets). The idea is to provide a supportive and productive environment for writers to share their work and connect with others who are engaged in/struggling with the creati...
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Middled: February 2008
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Learn to live in the Middle West. Thursday, February 21, 2008. Response to a Reader's Comment. Unfortunately, when someone comments on a post well after it was originally published, I'm probably the only person who notices. Yesterday, an anonymous reader responded to an article I wrote in November called, " Muslim St. Louis. One of the people I interviewed for that article was Dr. Khaled Hamid, a physician who has done volunteer work for the Council on American-Islamic Relations ( CAIR. In this case, I d...
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Middled: Carrie, Kerry
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Learn to live in the Middle West. Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Way back when Middled was just getting on its feet (feet that it soon will find again), my friend, Edan, wrote a great post. About some of her more mystifying encounters with the local dialects of eastern Iowa. Edan is from Los Angeles, where people talk like TV and don’t say the word “bag” as if it rhymed with “leg.”. Looking back, I recognize the early signs of trouble that seemed so innocent at the time, even funny. 8221; I asked. This pasta i...
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Middled: Fizz
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Learn to live in the Middle West. Thursday, April 9, 2009. If you were recently wondering why Barack Obama, having been elected months ago, still hadn’t taken down his campaign posters, then you noticed Pepsi’s re-branding campaign. With a suspiciously cynical flare, the great cola maker tweaked the sunrise logo and slapped it into the word “HOPE,” promising to “refresh America.”. And also why, on my way to work, every day for the past three months, I’m reminded that I live in an urban environment,...
