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Lena Zhang Harrap
Aoife Broad Owen Clarke 10/15/21 Aoife Broad Owen Clarke 10/15/21

Lena Zhang Harrap

Why are we more outraged at some murders than others? Subconsciously, I think we already know the answer.

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Don't Live for Gatorade
Gentry Patterson Owen Clarke 10/10/21 Gentry Patterson Owen Clarke 10/10/21

Don't Live for Gatorade

Why a happy life is all about Today.

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Do Good Lives Need to Be Sustainable?
Keely Dickes Owen Clarke 10/1/21 Keely Dickes Owen Clarke 10/1/21

Do Good Lives Need to Be Sustainable?

I was all idealism, all passion, all hunger and all fight. What am I now?

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The Magazine Phoenix
Owen Clarke Owen Clarke 9/17/21 Owen Clarke Owen Clarke 9/17/21

The Magazine Phoenix

Publications stopped catering to the reader the day we stopped footing the bill. Digital subscription models allow us to take them back.

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Much Ado About... Something
Alben Osaki Owen Clarke 9/11/21 Alben Osaki Owen Clarke 9/11/21

Much Ado About... Something

A self-reflection on the 20-year war.

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A Survey of Risk
Andrew Dendy Owen Clarke 9/3/21 Andrew Dendy Owen Clarke 9/3/21

A Survey of Risk

Risk and how we approach it.

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Finding Mindfulness in Photography
Robyn Yzelman Owen Clarke 8/27/21 Robyn Yzelman Owen Clarke 8/27/21

Finding Mindfulness in Photography

How photography took me from an obsession with capturing the past to living authentically in the present.

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The Little Things
Colleen Edwards Owen Clarke 8/20/21 Colleen Edwards Owen Clarke 8/20/21

The Little Things

Finding magic in the little stuff.

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You’re Going to Die (Someday)
Aoife Broad Owen Clarke 8/13/21 Aoife Broad Owen Clarke 8/13/21

You’re Going to Die (Someday)

On life lived in awareness of mortality.

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An Imposter at NASA
Gentry Patterson Owen Clarke 8/6/21 Gentry Patterson Owen Clarke 8/6/21

An Imposter at NASA

How I learned to thrive when I thought I was a fraud.

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Chasing a Feeling
Keely Dickes Owen Clarke 7/30/21 Keely Dickes Owen Clarke 7/30/21

Chasing a Feeling

My post-college journey to live by passion.

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Perpetual Magic
Owen Clarke Owen Clarke 7/23/21 Owen Clarke Owen Clarke 7/23/21

Perpetual Magic

Mind-numbing beauty lives in the most mundane of environs, if we train ourselves to look for it.

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Running Towards My Problems
Andrew Dendy Owen Clarke 7/16/21 Andrew Dendy Owen Clarke 7/16/21

Running Towards My Problems

How I use running to holistically maintain physical and mental health.

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Nature as a Tool for Self Reflection
Gentry Patterson Owen Clarke 7/9/21 Gentry Patterson Owen Clarke 7/9/21

Nature as a Tool for Self Reflection

How time alone in nature can help you find yourself.

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Not Every Mom Scrabbles
Colleen Edwards Owen Clarke 7/2/21 Colleen Edwards Owen Clarke 7/2/21

Not Every Mom Scrabbles

On letters and a mother’s love.

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To Climb is to Live
Keely Dickes Owen Clarke 6/25/21 Keely Dickes Owen Clarke 6/25/21

To Climb is to Live

A reflection on climbing, life, and finding meaning.

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On Traveling Alone
Mia Baumann Owen Clarke 6/18/21 Mia Baumann Owen Clarke 6/18/21

On Traveling Alone

My journey to find comfort in discomfort, learning that you can be alone without being lonely.

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Early Mornings, Slowing Down and Gratitude
Julie Lebreton Owen Clarke 6/11/21 Julie Lebreton Owen Clarke 6/11/21

Early Mornings, Slowing Down and Gratitude

Being a morning person sucks. Scratch that. Being a morning person is hard, but rewarding.

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Ryleigh Norgrove
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In a season when everything felt paper-thin, a novice climb up Mt. Adams became less peakbagging and more an instinctive step towards staying alive.

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Common Fate
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How I was shaped by the insanity of driving.

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An account of my Saturday and Sunday.

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The author receives lessons from nature as she reflects on her recovery from a traumatic brain injury.

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Parables from the Chattanoogan climbing scene.

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How 1970s Disneyland damaged spacetime and broke my concept of nature.

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Ugly Man and Other Poems
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Ugly Man and Other Poems
H. H. Rodgers
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Poetry by H. H. Chase Rodgers.

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You Are What/How/Where You Work
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Dec 27, 2024
You Are What/How/Where You Work
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A much more entertaining glimpse at my employment history than my current resume.

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