Less Stuff, More Happiness
In my nightmares, I am drowning in a sea of china sets, old clocks, early American furniture,...
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Why Did the Dinosaur Cross the Sidewalk?
John Klausmeyer zips himself into a Tyvek suit, adjusts his ventilator mask, steps into a...
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The Mindfulness Experiment
Since I’m the mom of two teens and a tween, my life can get frenzied and stressful....
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Suicide Prevention
Miles Roberts, a fifteen-year-old freshman at Skyline High School, was a fierce competitor,...
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“We All Feel Insecure.”
During last year’s presidential election, Donald Trump fanned populist anger at undocumented...
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Don Chisholm’s Ann Arbor
When you’re driving through campus, downtown, or the Briarwood area, chances are...
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Pipeline Protest
It’s a muggy July morning, and a boisterous group of campers is being led in games by...
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Jim Harbaugh’s Challenge
April’s NFL draft tapped eleven Wolverines, the most in the program’s history. Seven...
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The End of Independents
“It’ll be better for incumbents,” Jane Lumm says, “and it’ll be more...
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Nickels Arcade:
It’s a mystery why State St. butcher Tom Nickels decided to build an elegant shopping...
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Logjam at Mill Creek
On May 22, Nate Pound’s kayaks capsized. Not his kayak–his kayaks. The Jackson dentist...
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The Booth Experience
At 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 20, more than a thousand artists will open up booths all over...
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Midcentury Mail
When Kelly Salchow MacArthur needed a curbside mailbox for the Midcentury Modern house she shares...
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Driving for Tips
Our pizza was late–very, very late. The store said delivery would take about an hour, but...
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Renting Radon
A friend has rented an apartment in a duplex near Vets Park for thirteen years. At $200 a month...
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Life on Probation
“Work the steps!” the older member of Alcoholics Anonymous tells us. Our AA meeting...
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Life Offline
When Nikki Sunstrum and her husband purchased their home in Dexter Township in January 2014, she...
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Home Brew <-> Brew Pub
When Arbor Brewing Company opened in 1995, it was the city’s first brewpub. But owners Matt...
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EPA in the Crosshairs
When he ran for president, Donald Trump vowed to “get rid” of the Environmental...
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Before Ann Arbor
The University of Michigan is celebrating its bicentennial this year–just eighty years after...
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