9-Volt Nomad

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Harlan Bjornstad: I'm a writer and musician, and I live in Mankato, Minnesota

The Boy, the Dog, and the Money

Once I was mugged at dog-point. I was twelve years old, biking through a park after school, when the huge animal was suddenly right alongsid...
Many Verbs Make the Hummus Light

Hummus, the creamy pasty stuff that's good for dipping with vegetable sticks and falafel, is made with chickpeas. Lots of chickpeas. An...
Goats, Books, and Nomads

The imagination is the real nomad. Books are its goats. HB Nomads and goats often come as a package deal. A symbiotic bundle. An inte...
Antaeus Shows How It's Done

We all need to keep connected to the nourishing fundamentals of our lives. For a runner, it's shoes and a road. For the Zen practitione...
How to Deal With the Pain

So. True harm has been done to you. Real injury. Particular injustice. How to respond? No need to multiply the sum of anger and sorrow ...
Rich in Opinion, Rich in Mind

For most of us, one is never enough, right? Cars, houses, adoring admirers, flowers, beaches in Costa Rica, sets of silver, Olympic gold med...

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