Essays by Karen Anderson
For 30 years, writer Karen Anderson was a columnist for the Traverse City Record-Eagle. She's contributed weekly essays to Interlochen Public Radio since 2005. Listen for her essays on Sundays at 8:39 and 10: 57 a.m. on IPR News Radio.
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Dick points behind me and I turn slowly to see twin fawns scampering out of the woods into the wide meadow next to our campsite. -
Camping used to be easier. It used to be an adventure to cook outdoors and sleep on the ground.
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I know the season is mostly over, but I still need an answer. How do you pick out a good cantaloupe? My record of selection is poor.
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I could feel my spirits rise as my shoes dried out. It was exactly what we needed, and the only people having more fun than the audience were the musicians.
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Dozens of ants coming and going, over and around the clothes pins. Why, I wonder, and even more, how?
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“There are two kinds of chances,” he said, leaning over the podium. “Those that come more than once and those that will never come again."
