Emily Articulated: New Year’s intentions
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist There are times when it is appropriate for a person to be resolved, to be “firmly determined to do something.” A resolution is a venture into the future knowing...
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Emily Articulated: This is not a Christmas gift
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist I love the experience of gift giving. I revel in the days of warm rumination about the people I care about, letting thoughts of their life and my relationship...
Emily Articulated: Notes from home
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist In the warm haziness of childhood memory, I remember my dad teaching me how to take down a wall. I gripped the hammer — not a toy hammer —...
Emily Articulated: Hamilton
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist This past week, while getting barraged by the whirlwind of local and national political fanfare, I found a foothold in positive political engagement by revisiting our nation’s founding story,...
Emily Articulated Travel Diary: Returning home and escalation
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist We’ve rounded out the last week of our trip abroad with stops in Copenhagen, Hamburg and Amsterdam. In these cities, history is not only found in the museums and...
Emily Articulated: Notes from Norway — Same same, but different
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist There’s something unique about traveling in a place where things are similar enough to be familiar, but different enough to make you latch onto its discrepancies with complete focus....
Emily Articulated: Norway
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Steam ripples off my coffee mug, fogging the glass of the large window in front of me. I use my shirt sleeve to wipe my view clear. A bustling...
Emily Articulated: Tipping
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist I spent an entire decade of my life in a tip-based industry, waiting tables, tending bar and tour-guiding at everything from college pubs to fine dining restaurants to après-ski...
Emily Articulated: Student loan (and) forgiveness
By Emily Erickson Reader Contributor I’m not proud of my initial reaction to the Biden administration’s student loan debt forgiveness plan. The plan, announced last week, is a multi-pronged strategy to cancel $10,000 in...
Emily Articulated: Mid-August
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Now that it’s mid-August, it feels like summer has shifted just slightly, like it recognizes impending autumn on the horizon, while not quite letting go of the intensity of...
