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Aug 30, 20044 min
Living and laughing in the face of a dread disease
Jean has a laugh so loud and so infectious that you can’t help but laugh with her, and she laughs all the time. When I first met her,...
Aug 16, 20044 min
There are at least a thousand ways to say ‘Thank you’
The summer before 9-11, I was in New York City, riding in a taxi. I admired the music that was playing and asked where it was from. The...
Jul 26, 20044 min
Michael Moore’s hammer-over-the-head style
It’s hard to be a Democrat in Utah, harder still to be a full-on peace nerd. In our crimson state, during the administration of a guy...
Jul 5, 20044 min
Seattle’s new library may be good, but ours is better
Not to brag, but our new library is much cooler than Seattle’s new library. Maybe you’ve noticed the recent hoopla about Seattle’s new...
Jun 21, 20044 min
The mystery in my own back yard
My dogs, Sydney and Allie, were barking like mad downstairs, but they always bark at innocuous things such as school kids and the mail...
Jun 7, 20044 min
Taking the toll of the funerals in our lives
I’m going to a friend’s funeral today; it’s a thing I’ve done many times. When I was 14, Frankie died of cancer. She was an adult whom...
May 24, 20044 min
A hands-on lesson in tolerance
To grow up means that one has to be steady enough to agree to take responsibility for the time and space that one occupies. -- Maya...
May 10, 20043 min
A day for mothers, those with children and those without
Like a lot of women my age, I sometimes get a card on Mother’s Day. It’s less routine for me, however, because I don’t have any children....
Apr 19, 20044 min
Utah Voices: The last, and only bad, chapter of Millie’s life is over
Millie died. She’s my mom. She was my mom. It’s been less than a month so I’m still getting used to the past tense. I wrote about her...
Apr 5, 20044 min
It’s only fair my ‘sister’ should have a wedding to share
When I was 12, I met my best girlfriend, Betty. She was older, but we immediately hit it off. One time, she came to my house dressed in...
Mar 29, 20044 min
The verdict is in: Jury duty is a rewarding experience
A slim white paper arrived in my mailbox: “Salt Lake City Justice Courts Summons for Jury Service.” One morning two weeks later, Cory,...
Feb 16, 20043 min
Thanks for preparing me for this assignment
Dear English Teachers, Thank you for inspiring me to love to read. Thank you for teaching me iambic pentameter, the difference between...
Jan 5, 20044 min
Some observations from a Utah globe-trotter
Last night I chased a naked man down the streets of Tel Aviv. Then a van full of rabbis stopped, and they jumped out to dance for...
Dec 8, 20034 min
Thoughts on a trip to Cuba 44 years after the revolution
Forty-three people, most of us from Utah, went to Havana on a legal trip sponsored by KUER, the public radio station in Salt Lake City. ...
Sep 29, 20034 min
Utah Voices: Let me tell you about Millie, now and then
Apple, table, penny. My mother’s lips move silently as she tries to implant in her brain these words her doctor asked her to remember...