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Coloring people’s preception on life

When I listened to my voicemail, I could hear the smile in Bonnie Rietz’s voice. Later that day, ...

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Lose the hate and laugh it off

Just a week ago, I wrote suggesting people “embrace the weird.” Now it’s time to learn to laugh ...

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Listen In: Go ahead, let your weird side out

A few months ago, I found myself in an interview biting the sides of my tongue to suppress ...

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Listen In: It’s time to embrace the complicated

A friend and I had a long conversation about the national gun debate recently. Let me stop you ...

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Want change? Get ready to work for it

Sometimes Sisyphus gets a bad rap. I thought of Sisyphus after we ran a story headlined “Addressing a ...

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This is stressful, let’s hug it out … or not

To hug or not to hug, that is the question I faced in a recent, unplanned social situation. ...

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Austin Living aims to ‘make your soul grow’

The most trouble I ever got in as kid came from drawing. In elementary school, I’d doodle in ...

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Balancing fairness in a hard-working job

I was standing waiting to cover an event a few weeks ago when a reporter from another media ...

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Let’s just try to be kind to one another

A few joked recently that our office is hexed. We’ve witnessed a barrage of health concerns with our ...

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Show support, but don’t be obnoxious

I sat down next my family and prepped myself for the long haul. Just before the auditorium lights ...

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The joys of hanging in the kids area

Partway through the commencement procession of graduates, I handed my niece a sticker bracelet to paste onto a ...

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The unnatural fears of new things

I felt like the guy pulled over on a busy highway with his face buried in a map. ...

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Breaking past the reality TV binge

I found myself in a reality TV-fueled funk recently. After long, stressful days, I’d unwind with an “Impractical ...

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Observations from running a 10K

Last Saturday, I completed my first 10K run; in fact, it was the first racing/running event I’ve ever ...

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Simple observations pack big insights

“When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even ...

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