Emily Articulated: Presentness
By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff
The holidays often prompt a lot of reflection, turning me inward as much as pulling me outward. Maybe it’s the ritual of stringing lights and …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff
The holidays often prompt a lot of reflection, turning me inward as much as pulling me outward. Maybe it’s the ritual of stringing lights and …
By Justin Henney
Reader Contributor
I like racing my bike in bad weather. If the conditions are going to be unfavorable, then I want them to be extremely unfavorable — …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
What if “the holidays” were more than a handful of weeks — a series of events strung together like pearls at the end of a …
By Mike Wagoner
Reader Contributor
I was raised in Walla Walla… a nice town to grow up in… I still venture back there now and again to sing in a …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I asked for the purple school bus instead of the yellow one with a busted tire. My older sister, keeper of the matchbox cars and …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Nana made our clothes until her hands couldn’t hold the thread. She dedicated her downstairs living room to the craft: pins and needles scattered across …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I recently came across an article, the title of which grabbed me so tightly that I was forced to stop — mid-charge of a busy …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but somehow over the past dozen or so years I turned into a Scrooge on Bob Cratchit wages …
‘Home’ is a moveable feast
By Zach Hagadone
Images of Thanksgiving — at least the idealized ones — are of tables loaded with food in cozy, home-feeling places that are …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I Googled, “How to organize an estate sale,” staring at my screen as the six-step description bounced off my eyes, not quite penetrating my brain. …
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