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Tag: about me

  • Yummy Numbness

    I’m not sure exactly when it happened or how. Somehow the Minnesota reserve, that diffidence born of snow and ice and too many layers of winter clothing has seeped into my body and made me more frozen, less capable of giving and receiving warmth. Maybe it was the accident. Maybe it was getting laid off.…

  • Laid Off

    Last Monday I was laid off from my job. I had worked at the same company for three years—not long, but long enough to feel comfortable, long enough to be part of the family. So being laid off came as something of a shock. At first, I told people I was fired, but then I…

  • New Car

    An auto collision last Saturday destroyed my little Jetta. It did what it was supposed to do: saved me from serious injury in a very serious collision. I thank God for that little Volkswagen. Last Saturday I was on my way home from doing some volunteer work at church. I was headed north on US…