Place
“If you don’t know where you are going any road can take you there.”
Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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Lonely Tokyo
Tokyo… A liminal place full of quiet spaces?
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The Statue of Liberty: Paywalled
The Battery is the best place to view Lady Liberty but America’s most meaningful monument has been put behind walls. I’m left wondering, is America…
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NYC Travel Log: Poetic Prose Edition
Visiting NYC for the first time I had many feelings. Walking out of my Pod hotel, every sense was assaulted by smells, noises, and blatant…
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A Little Story from Buffalo
Sometimes you encounter friends in the most uncomfortable situations.
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Wabi-Sabi
Tokyo is a half-and-half city. Its land mass is huge; its ramen shops are counter space only. Big roads, no cars. Interactions are very polite…
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Rules
Tokyo has an oppressive number of signs. But as I found out, telling people the rules can be a kindness.
Travel represents a chance to expand our horizons and challenge ourselves in the unfamiliar. When we are away from home, we are forced to navigate the unknown geography of someone else’s roads, customs, and culture. It’s not about the coordinates of our destination, it’s about being in “another place.” Any place will do.
More Small Words
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Where Did the Literacy Go?
Rose Horowitch is back with her hot takes. She grieves for math scores, mourns for student attention span, and, closest to my heart, she portends the horrors of a post-literate society. Meanwhile, the legislative branch…
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Patagonia, Inc. challenges PRIDE
The camping equipment and clothing brand, Patagonia it taking the Drag performer “Pattie Gonia” to court. Patagonia’s complaints ring hollow. Let’s take a look at intellectual property laws and see why the brand thinks it…
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Fiction is Real
The US is at war again, and it’s starting to seem like news stories are straight out of fiction. I would argue they are.
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Advice for a Broken Emoji Heart
Apple’s overactive software updates left me with a dilemma. How do we communicate the whole gamut of love, friendship, and respect with the emojis on our phones? In this special Valentine’s Day installment of Analyze…
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ICE is the Worst of Us
Another day, another deadly ICE shootings. The nation is, once again, in disbelief over the federal government’s use of unnecessary force. Let’s take a look at how we can use empathy to help us understand…