Posted On: March 12, 2026
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My son’s travel duffel sports the flag mementos of many nations, but may be taking an unfortunate break since travel now means taking off into increasingly unfriendly skies.
This story is everywhere, but deserves a…
Posted On: February 6, 2026
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We wish they’d go away.…
Posted On: June 26, 2024
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Welcome to Okoboji (Iowa), a legendary chain of lakes known for deep blue water, relaxation, and (frankly), outsized fun. A terrible flood is happening there. But for these girls, the party must go on…
I’ve…
Posted On: March 25, 2024
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Are we getting rusty at pursuing happiness? Yep. The younger you are, the more you feel your life is in the tank.
WashPost, CBS News, and myriad media reported last week on the 2024 World…
Posted On: December 6, 2022
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Want to be one of these euphoric fans? You need to master Ticketmaster. Good luck with that…
Ever wonder why rock stars suddenly smash a perfectly good guitar? It’s because they failed to get tickets…
Posted On: September 14, 2021
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Hello Friends. Are you there? Maybe so, maybe not, because we may have lost subscribers due to a terrible tech snafu—not the Russians, not hackers, just one of those lamentable collapses that happens. Perhaps you’ve…
Posted On: September 13, 2021
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An unfortunate and costly snafu has hit the BreakAway site, and we may have lost subscribers.
The problem is frustrating and heartbreaking to the crew. But after brief committee meetings regarding pulling the plug completely,…
Posted On: March 3, 2021
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Ice fishing. A Northerner’s pastime featuring cold, perseverance, and solitude.
Today’s topic is unusually serious: Dreams, fantasies, faith, hope, imagination. The NYT recently published a timely feature about the human need for these flights of…
Posted On: January 24, 2020
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If you live in MN and you look at the iPhone weather app, you’ll notice that NO SUN icons appear for the next 10 days. In real-time, that means: NO SUN will shine for the…
Posted On: February 22, 2019
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Advice to parents: Run away with your kids. Far away. Which, in this photo, meant ambling alone through Hamlet’s Kronborg castle in delightful Denmark. Sounds cool, right? But my son wasn’t buying it. And I…
