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The tale Maribel Garcia tells is the sort of story that becomes a legend as years pass. It’s the story of a boy in Mexico with 17 siblings. He begins working at five years of age to help his family meet expenses. The boy’s parents can’t fund his education, so he
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The tale Maribel Garcia tells is the sort of story that becomes a legend as years pass. It’s the story of a boy in Mexico with 17 siblings. He begins working at five years of age to help his family meet expenses. The boy’s parents can’t fund his education, so he
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Highlights of the last three months include Leipzig, Germany; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Lima, Peru; Chicago, Illinois; Istanbul, Turkey; Tacoma, Washington; England. Like a rock star, the traveler has a musical sensibility and great hair. Like a supermodel, the traveler has the ability to emote to millions, and great hair. This particular
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Highlights of the last three months include Leipzig, Germany; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Lima, Peru; Chicago, Illinois; Istanbul, Turkey; Tacoma, Washington; England. Like a rock star, the traveler has a musical sensibility and great hair. Like a supermodel, the traveler has the ability to emote to millions, and great hair. This particular
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I can’t wait to peek inside Tacoma’s swank condominiums during this weekend’s Tour of Urban Living, a self-guided tour set to take place Oct. 13 and 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In last year’s tour, I remember having a light bulb “Aha!” moment watching the occupants of the top
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I can’t wait to peek inside Tacoma’s swank condominiums during this weekend’s Tour of Urban Living, a self-guided tour set to take place Oct. 13 and 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In last year’s tour, I remember having a light bulb “Aha!” moment watching the occupants of the top
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It was a Wednesday morning at the YMCA, and I was sweating at the elliptical machine in rare form, reveling at the shuffle iGods who placed Blur’s "Common People" after The Killers’ "Somebody Told Me." Such sublime pleasure couldn’t last, of course. There, in the midst of my revelry came the
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It was a Wednesday morning at the YMCA, and I was sweating at the elliptical machine in rare form, reveling at the shuffle iGods who placed Blur’s "Common People" after The Killers’ "Somebody Told Me." Such sublime pleasure couldn’t last, of course. There, in the midst of my revelry came the
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Last weekend Articipatory Music happened at the Olympia Community Free School during “A giant party for a better world,” the Love, Imagine, Network, Kindness (LINK) Symposium, an extension of “A World Beyond Capitalism,” The Third Annual International Multiracial Alliance Building Peace Conference. An activist folk music collective called Riotfolk performed
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Last weekend Articipatory Music happened at the Olympia Community Free School during “A giant party for a better world,” the Love, Imagine, Network, Kindness (LINK) Symposium, an extension of “A World Beyond Capitalism,” The Third Annual International Multiracial Alliance Building Peace Conference. An activist folk music collective called Riotfolk performed
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"It’s my season," confides Karen Luke Fildes. "When the gray days come, I come alive." Despite recent trips around Hawaii and other sunny, color-saturated spots, Luke Fildes speaks about the Northwest sky with reverence, using adjectives reserved for people. She explains how the cloud’s personality will take on whatever the
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"It’s my season," confides Karen Luke Fildes. "When the gray days come, I come alive." Despite recent trips around Hawaii and other sunny, color-saturated spots, Luke Fildes speaks about the Northwest sky with reverence, using adjectives reserved for people. She explains how the cloud’s personality will take on whatever the
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My friend sent me an alarmed text message when she went shopping for jeans for her teenage daughter. Seemed she was struck with a bad case of sticker shock by the prices she was seeing in the boutique where they shopped. I responded apologetically: sorry, I thought you knew boutique equals
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My friend sent me an alarmed text message when she went shopping for jeans for her teenage daughter. Seemed she was struck with a bad case of sticker shock by the prices she was seeing in the boutique where they shopped. I responded apologetically: sorry, I thought you knew boutique equals
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Breathe in, Tacoma. Do you smell that? It smells an awful lot like happiness in a mouthful. It smells an awful lot like the kinds of sweet treats granny used to have waiting for you, the kinds of treats celebrations culminate in. It smells like the kind of treats that have a naughty,
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Breathe in, Tacoma. Do you smell that? It smells an awful lot like happiness in a mouthful. It smells an awful lot like the kinds of sweet treats granny used to have waiting for you, the kinds of treats celebrations culminate in. It smells like the kind of treats that have a naughty,
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I’m always looking for active pursuits that will up my endorphins, lower my body fat, and make my heart sing. I find myself returning to running because it’s quick and effective. But dang, does it get tedious at times. An online article gave me a nugget to ponder: “Soccer beats jogging for
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I’m always looking for active pursuits that will up my endorphins, lower my body fat, and make my heart sing. I find myself returning to running because it’s quick and effective. But dang, does it get tedious at times. An online article gave me a nugget to ponder: “Soccer beats jogging for
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Steve and Kristi Nebel met as students at The Evergreen State College “when it was mud,” recalls Kristi of the school in 1972. He studied poetry at the brand new liberal arts college; she studied theatre. The two married in 1974 and combined their loves together as they began writing and
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Steve and Kristi Nebel met as students at The Evergreen State College “when it was mud,” recalls Kristi of the school in 1972. He studied poetry at the brand new liberal arts college; she studied theatre. The two married in 1974 and combined their loves together as they began writing and
