Articles written by Janet Kurtz

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The Tales We Tell

Changes. A month ago, it was still light out at this hour. Today, I have to wait for sunrise to take my morning walk. There ...
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The Barbie Conundrum

Ella pulled up her kayak next to mine and we overlapped our paddles to float back eastward on the afternoon waves together. It was her ...
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Here, Time Does Not Exist

It’s 5:00 am.  I don’t know why, maybe the light, but all summer this is the time I wake up. I’m snuggled under a quilt ...
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Girls’ Camp Lore

The kayaks were laid out along the bank by the short dock in front of the boathouse. There were two orange, open faced kayaks for ...
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“Car-Ma” and the Universe

I knew the day was near. Nothing lasts forever. My 2010 car was making a noise. It had been a good car for ten years, ...
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No Mow May

The spring rains came and with them, sprouts, orioles and nightcrawlers. This morning’s walk was slowed by my constant bending to scoop up a sand ...
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My Body is Still in Madrid

It was over a year in the making. The discussion went from which cities to include, how many days, spring break or summer and budgeting. ...
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My Culture

The furnace kicks in at the same time each morning, but the morning light changes daily. It is 6:30 a.m.  A month ago, it was ...
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It’s Been A Quiet Week

“It was a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town,” is how Garrison Keillor – one time Minnesota Public Radio host of Prairie Home ...
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