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• Finding My Rosebud

  By The World in Between on January 28, 2021 • ( 14 )

  

  In the movie Citizen Kane, “Rosebud” is the final word that Charles Foster Kane utters upon his deathbed. It sets off a flurry of investigation to identify exactly what he meant. Rosebud, it turns out, is a cheap sled. Yet… Read More ›

• Scootering, and other resolutions one might make

  By The World in Between on January 4, 2021 • ( 10 )

  

  I dusted off my New Year’s resolutions: —Become fluent in French —Lose 10 pounds —Run a marathon After all, why create new resolutions when I have perfectly good ones that I’ve recycled for decades? Pat, on the other hand, has… Read More ›

• Happiness

  By The World in Between on December 22, 2020 • ( 8 )

  

  My grandson, Jack, and I may share a birthday, but our approach to this day is wholly different. This year, Jack’s birthday began when he crawled into bed with his parents and his leg jittered like a jackhammer. My son… Read More ›

• Our Stuff: The end

  By The World in Between on December 11, 2020 • ( 8 )

  

  In the past, I’ve recounted the evolution of our things. It’s the tale of the American dream: big house, tons of stuff. And the American nightmare: big house, tons of stuff. It came about much like the time a huge… Read More ›

• Charity Bird… continued

  By The World in Between on December 6, 2020 • ( 10 )

  

  Monango, North Dakota is a desolate place. Why my great great grandparents James Holloway and Charity Bird Holloway decided to homestead there, I’ll never know. But in my mind, it raises the coolness factor of my family dramatically. I grew… Read More ›

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