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August 2020

"I miss high fives!"
A sommelier misses the little interactions that make his work so meaningful and a lot of fun.
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Erin Skinner Cochran
He biked across Minnesota. In one day.
An ambitious athletic goal set pre-COVID kept him sane through quarantine.
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A poet's mind.
"My head is like a crockpot and I’m constantly putting things into it to simmer."
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"It’s very affirming. I know that I’m exactly where I need to be."
A nurse at a clinic in Colorado doubles down on her commitment to serving the most vulnerable.
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Erin Skinner Cochran
Some rafts may not make it.
Tourism has been hit hard by the pandemic. It will come back, but what will it look like?
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"I can feel that love passing through me."
Have you ever wondered who writes the messages that go with flower deliveries? What's it like to be privy to these private notes of affection and…
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Erin Skinner Cochran
Up in the air.
Airports are the most exciting place in the world to her. Are they still her home away from home?
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Erin Skinner Cochran

July 2020

Homeschooling (again).
Teachers, parents and students survived the crisis of the spring. Can we make the remote learning experience better this time around?
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Erin Skinner Cochran
An athlete without a race.
A veteran triathlete says, "I just have to take training for training’s sake right now and get the little pleasures out of it."
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What will we choose to let go of?
A writer asks us to think of Covid-19 "like a rehab intervention that breaks the addictive hold of normality."
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Erin Skinner Cochran
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