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09/20/2026 · Jonesborough
The Tiny Reset That Keeps Your Day From Becoming One Long Blur
Your attention doesn’t instantly follow you from one task to the next. A two-minute closing ritual can help your brain put one thing down before you pick up another.
The Tiny Word That Makes Dickinson’s Hope Fly
Emily Dickinson doesn’t describe hope as a feeling, a plan, or a promise. She calls it “the thing with feathers”—and that oddly modest word, thing, is where the poem’s magic begins.
09/20/2026
The Radical Meaning of “Power Over Themselves”
Mary Wollstonecraft was not asking women to trade one kind of domination for another. In a sentence that still cuts through a great deal of noisy advice, she made autonomy—not superiority—the point.
09/20/2026
Washington’s Power Test, Wall Street’s Patience Problem
The president keeps pressing the limits of executive power while Congress searches for a way to keep the government funded. Meanwhile, households keep paying for an economy that looks stronger on paper than it feels at the checkout counter.
09/20/2026
Museum Labels Need to Stop Writing Novels
The tiny paragraph beside a painting should help us see the art, not challenge us to a hostage negotiation. Museums, please: fewer footnotes, more human beings.
09/20/2026
Lanesboro, Minnesota: A Tiny Town With a Trail, a Trout Stream, and Very Good Pie
Take the back road to Lanesboro for a cheap, cheerful weekend of bike rides, limestone bluffs, and food that does not require a reservation made three months ago. The surprise: this quiet Root River town has a serious theater scene.
09/20/2026
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Free Community Preparedness Workshop This Saturday in Gainesboro
Community Preparedness Workshop Scheduled: The EMA will be hosting a free community preparedness workshop on Saturday, October 26th, 2024, at the Jackson County Community Center. Learn essential skills to prepare for various emergencies.
Gainesboro Commission to Meet Thursday Evening
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