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Why I Write
Today is the National Day on Writing. Writers across the country are writing or speaking about why they write. I sometimes hesitate to call myself a writer… But this is why I write: I write because I...
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Saint Paul Impressions
Saint Paul Impressions by Naomi Krueger I grew up in Taylors Falls, in the Saint Croix River valley, just an hour or so north of Saint Paul. As a kid, the wide-open spaces, parks with cliffs and...
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Freedom to Create
Tonight, my new writer friend Patricia, said this to describe herself as a writer: When I turned 60, I quit my accounting job and gifted my soul a writer’s life. I thought it was so beautiful, the...
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Pay the Writer?
Pay the Writer Campaign I got into a sticky conversation recently on LinkedIn when I attempted to throw in a different perspective to the “Pay the Writer Campaign.” The campaign as I understand it is...
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New Beginnings
Here’s to 2013! The New Year is upon us. I feel a sense of anticipation this time. For me, the New Year has always started in September. More than two years have passed since I belonged to the academic...
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Reflecting on MLK Day
The Lorraine Motel balcony where Dr. King was shot. (photo by Naomi Krueger) Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A day we remember the sacrifice and impact one man made for the lives of so many in...
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Welcome Home
Here is a piece I wrote in 2011 about an experience I had as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer, serving at a refugee resettlement agency in Minneapolis....
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