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Voices of the Process
Posted by Scott Stowell on November 11, 2020 | Add new comment
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“It’s kind of like an orgasm,” he said. “You don’t know how you did that.”
Not knowing how or why something happened is the core of magic. It tickles the inexplicable, but it’s no less real.
The Evolution of Priorities
Posted by Scott Stowell on August 04, 2020 | Add new comment
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Having developed my highway skills inside a snug Volkswagen Beetle, the Land Shark was a different beast.
Airwave Illusions
Posted by Scott Stowell on July 17, 2020 | Add new comment
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This is a show for the ages. The girls dream to be the chick they’ve never seen from morning radio who will introduce the band.
The Scariest Thing in the Forest
Posted by Scott Stowell on May 03, 2020 | Add new comment
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Wilderness is the very definition of social distance. In these pandemic times, wilderness might be one of the safest places to reside.
Pandemic Patronus
Posted by Scott Stowell on April 19, 2020 | Add new comment
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COVID-19 has generated upheaval in everyone’s lives. By comparison to dealing with the virus, trips to the salon just aren’t high on our priority list. We shouldn’t be going anywhere to show off our hairstyles anyway.
In no uncertain terms do I soft-sell the pandemic. It demands to be respected and treated with utmost physical care and responsibility toward others.
Backroad Grace
Posted by Scott Stowell on January 23, 2020 | Add new comment
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One of the roads I use often is a former railroad from the logging heyday. It’s not much wider than a single lane to begin with, but it narrows even more in some parts. A grandmother pine shoulders one side and a greenstone boulder bottlenecks the thoroughfare on the other.
The Soul of Place
Posted by Scott Stowell on October 31, 2019 | Add new comment
One can revisit the past quite pleasantly, as long as one does so expecting nearly every aspect of it to have changed.
Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov
A Gentleman in Moscow
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Funding the Future
Posted by Scott Stowell on August 27, 2019 | Add new comment
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This enterprising young man introduced himself as an eighth-grade member of the Timberwolves high school football team. He explained they needed a new scoreboard and were seeking donations. From his strapping demeanor, I quickly surmised they’ve scored so many points over time that they burned out the last of their lightbulbs.
I liked the cut of his jib.
Wing Spread
Posted by Scott Stowell on July 16, 2019 | Add new comment
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She and Del were singing little “Runaway” half way across the lake until she lowered her landing gear, cupped her wings and skidded gracefully to a stop. Her adolescent shape bobbed on the light chop.