Emily Articulated: Dinner with Joe
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Joe is a patron at the bar I regularly tend. He is an 87-year-old Italian man, who, at full standing height, reaches just above my shoulders. He orders a...
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Emily Articulated: Keep Calm and Leave a Damn Tip
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Finally, I’ve been thwarted; a study released that I can’t put a cheeky, it’s-not-a-Millennial-thing-it’s-an-everyone-thing spin on. Millennials have scored lowest in a standard near to my heart, and I...
Emily Articulated: Get inspired by the Mirnavator
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist It’s not every day one gets to interview a person featured in the Wall Street Journal, on NBC Nightly News, and in Runner’s World magazine; someone sponsored by REI,...
Emily Articulated: Rustling grass and sidewalk cracks
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Perception is a fickle thing, and despite its dynamic nature, it has the ability to shape our choices and, ultimately, our lives. I am a long-distance trail runner, regularly...
Emily Articulated: One small thread
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist If you’re leery of something radical, stop reading. If you’re set in a stagnant process of thought, stop reading. If you’re unable to experience objectivity, stop reading. However, if...
Emily Articulated: Welcome to the Jungle
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist You’re in the jungle. Light is flickering through the canopy of leaves, painting colorful streaks across the dirt floor. You turn your neck to the left and see a...
Emily Articulated: Eudaimonia
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist What makes your stomach flutter? What makes your heart balloon against your chest? What makes the corners of your mouth involuntarily stretch across your face? What makes you feel...
Emily Articulated: Nature Deficit Disorder
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Rain was quietly pattering the tin roof of my dry cabin as I stuffed my backpack with two weeks worth of dirty clothes. I wrapped myself in my waterproof...
Emily Articulated: Coffee shop orchestra
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist According to Merriam-Webster, a generation is defined as a group of individuals born and living contemporaneously, or existing and traveling the phases of life at relatively the same time....
Emily Articulated: Millennial Brad
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Well folks, it happened. In the space between the clamber of ice in my shaker and the subdued conversations of my contented customers, I heard him walk in. It...
