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OPINION | STEVE STRAESSLE: Simple pleasures
My family and I have been fortunate to experience some epic vacations. Mostly, that's due to the number of people we carry with us. We've always preferred the …
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | STEVE STRAESSLE: The pocketknife
I was killing time while my wife shopped in an eclectic Aspen store. She's not a big shopper, so I knew she'd cruise fast, likely touch several things, but buy…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | STEVE STRAESSLE: Stranger things
In early fall of 1988, I was riding through the streets of New Orleans on a rumbling streetcar. I had just started college at Tulane University and was getting…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | STEVE STRAESSLE: Flowers in a park
Summer schedule flexibility is among the best benefits of a teaching career. Summer brings quiet. No bells. For me, that means a long lunchtime, one in which I…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | STEVE STRAESSLE: Wisdom demands
I sat on a shuttle in Aspen, Colo., talking to a young woman who attends Howard University, her white eyelet dress aglow against her dark skin. As she spoke, s…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | STEVE STRAESSLE: Reminder in red
I'm pulling into the Chick-fil-A on Markham. It's almost two o'clock and I haven't had lunch yet thanks to a loaded morning schedule.
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | STEVE STRAESSLE: Lost and found
"Hand me your credit card, I'm going to reserve us a spot." My wife was sitting on our couch one morning, the glow of a computer screen washing her face in blu…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | STEVE STRAESSLE: Back to the Village
The McDonald's on Rodney Parham Road anchored it. No surprise there, since access to inexpensive food and booth space was an easy lure.
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | STEVE STRAESSLE: Important issues
"Maybe you should write about something important this week, you know, a current issue," my wife said, not unkindly, as she twirled her hair in one hand and he…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | STEVE STRAESSLE: Whale of a site
My Saturday morning running group usually stays off the River Trail in deference to the warm asphalt of the city's center. We avoid the path alongside fresh wa…