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Monthly Archives: October 2017

The Truth About Hipster Beards

Once upon the new millennium, a guy looked at a photo of Sigmund Freud and said to himself, my facial hair envy is out of control. I must have that beard. I’ll shag it up, grow it longer, and throw testosterone around like a final sale at Sears. In an alternate scenario, the same manContinue reading “The Truth About Hipster Beards”

Posted byJudith Anne PettersenOctober 28, 2017Posted inUncategorized3 Comments on The Truth About Hipster Beards

Murder, She Wrote

A few weeks ago we harvested our generous tomato crop, set the produce inside the house and left town. Upon our return, a problem emerged in a very literal way. As I stepped into the upstairs bathroom, a cloud of fruit flies mistook me for a rotten banana and swarmed like a death cloud. “FruitContinue reading “Murder, She Wrote”

Posted byJudith Anne PettersenOctober 17, 2017Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Murder, She Wrote

Risky Business

In our mid-twenties, my husband suggested we quit our teaching jobs to travel through Asia from Turkey to Nepal. The Encounter Overland company would supply the tents, food, converted army truck, and eighteen more people from all over the world. I pictured myself on this exciting new adventure, tanned and fit in my new hikingContinue reading “Risky Business”

Posted byJudith Anne PettersenOctober 9, 2017October 9, 2017Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Risky Business

Got Culture?

Culture Days, an end of September cross Canada celebration, is a wild weekend party and an endurance test that I have failed. I’m down with the flu, but Crystal Kolt has to be feeling even tougher. She spends the whole weekend running through the streets of Flin Flon shouting, ‘You’ve got culture! You’ve got culture!Continue reading “Got Culture?”

Posted byJudith Anne PettersenOctober 4, 2017October 9, 2017Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Got Culture?

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