This is a diary of urban Midwest life from an outsider’s perspective. I plan to write about life, food, music, and academia.
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Welcome to my Lawn
I’m tickled by the grumpy grandpa phrase “get off my lawn!” It says, yes this is social space, but it’s MY space and I tend it. So I decide who gets to frolic on it. Social media can structure this private-public balance a bit ineptly. A Facebook friend may say something that feels intrusive onContinue reading “Welcome to my Lawn”
Once Upon A Time
In 2008, I discovered a blog called Stuff White People Like. I enjoyed reading it, as a longtime resident of the American coasts seeking insight into that mystical thing called mainstream American culture. I imagined this culture was born in the heartland – though there were certainly glimpses of it in my coastal cities too.Continue reading “Once Upon A Time”