.I write about nationalism, sustainable economies, public history, social movements, immigration, MeToo issues and non-car travel. Since November. 2023, I have been living on the road, staying in a different country every month. I write about that experience in my Aging on the Run series.
Bicycle Touring and Writing with Beginner’s Mind
When I am teetering, when I feel raw, vulnerable, on a precipice, I pedal my bicycle to reenter the world. I know that life will meet me around a corner. The stream moves with me. The wind teases. ...
Literary Pairing #2: We are Meant to Rise & The Sentence
The Twin Cities are rising. Teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul are wearing each other’s colors in solidarity as they prepare for a two-city strike, demanding raises for their lowest tier...
Literary Pairing. Read Insurgent Supremacists with The Sinking Middle Class
Traveling the spine of the United States from Minnesota to New Mexico during the Omicron surge, I have been reading two books: Matthew N. Lyons’ Insurgent Supremacists: The US Far Right’s...
A Bicycle Tour With An Agenda
In 2008 I took a job at St. Cloud State University teaching a court-mandated class on race relations. In Spring 2010, dozens of us adjuncts were perfunctorily terminated in a Great Recession sweep....
Bicycle Touring and Writing with Beginner’s Mind
When I am teetering, when I feel raw, vulnerable, on a precipice, I pedal my bicycle to reenter the world. I know that life will meet me around a corner. The stream moves with me. The wind teases. ...
Literary Pairing #2: We are Meant to Rise & The Sentence
The Twin Cities are rising. Teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul are wearing each other’s colors in solidarity as they prepare for a two-city strike, demanding raises for their lowest tier...
Literary Pairing. Read Insurgent Supremacists with The Sinking Middle Class
Traveling the spine of the United States from Minnesota to New Mexico during the Omicron surge, I have been reading two books: Matthew N. Lyons’ Insurgent Supremacists: The US Far Right’s...
A Bicycle Tour With An Agenda
In 2008 I took a job at St. Cloud State University teaching a court-mandated class on race relations. In Spring 2010, dozens of us adjuncts were perfunctorily terminated in a Great Recession sweep....
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Bicycle Touring and Writing with Beginner’s Mind
When I am teetering, when I feel raw, vulnerable, on a precipice, I pedal my bicycle to reenter the world. I know that life will meet me around a corner. The stream moves with me. The wind teases. ...
Literary Pairing #2: We are Meant to Rise & The Sentence
The Twin Cities are rising. Teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul are wearing each other’s colors in solidarity as they prepare for a two-city strike, demanding raises for their lowest tier...
Literary Pairing. Read Insurgent Supremacists with The Sinking Middle Class
Traveling the spine of the United States from Minnesota to New Mexico during the Omicron surge, I have been reading two books: Matthew N. Lyons’ Insurgent Supremacists: The US Far Right’s...
A Bicycle Tour With An Agenda
In 2008 I took a job at St. Cloud State University teaching a court-mandated class on race relations. In Spring 2010, dozens of us adjuncts were perfunctorily terminated in a Great Recession sweep....
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I write about nationalism, immigration, public history, sustainable economies, MeToo issues and the politics of travel