The first time I mistakenly thought I was seeing my junior high science teacher years and miles from when he’d actually taught me science, I was in the comic book store in Pike Place Market. It was my sophomore year in college, and I had recently acquired an affinity for the new Cat Woman series. [...]
I found myself walking alongside Highway 61 like I have so many times before; the speeding cars whipping up cold currents with the scent of pine trees and massive Lake Superior, which permeates just about everything in Northern Minnesota — from the temperature to the gift shops to the way you set about your day, [...]
I think I may have a problem. It occurred to me the first time a few months ago in a yoga studio, as I lay prostrate on the hardwood floor repeating some mantra about surrender, and then again last week, as I was pumping my fist in the air at the stage and feverishly chanting [...]
We had no idea what we were getting into when we left the condo that afternoon. The clouds were a little skitterish in the sky, yes; but it seemed otherwise warm. Beneath our feet on the deck, two teenagers pedaled by on bicycles, happily screaming undecipherable words at each other.
It was our first real day [...]