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I Can’t Believe It IS Butter: Norway’s Yuletide Crisis

December 14th, 2011 by Joanna Mullins | Comments Off

Missing Butter

The Norwegian butter crisis provides both a relief and a nuisance in the holiday season.


Midsummer Media: “Taking the Piss” on Cassandra Metaphors

June 27th, 2011 by Joanna Mullins | Comments Off

Kragerø at midsummer

Small-town news from Norway provides summer relief from the usual media.


Toward a Saner Society? Part 1: Segregation, Filter Bubbles, and What We “Deserve”

May 25th, 2011 by Joanna Mullins | Comments Off

The 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides and another take on net neutrality prompt reflection on contemporary approaches to the economy.


Facing Yourself Facing God: Voices in an Old Argument

April 16th, 2011 by Joanna Mullins | 2 Comments

Universe Timeline

An inflexible mind is rather worse than an inflexible body, even if both have their pitfalls.


A Mystery and a Crime: Camilla Läckberg Is Not the Next Stieg Larsson

February 12th, 2011 by Joanna Mullins | Comments Off

Editing

Camilla Läckberg’s The Ice Princess is a lesson in why writers still need serious editors and reviewers.


Words, Behavior, and the Social Network: “Friend,” “Neighbor,” and “Boundary”

January 14th, 2011 by Joanna Mullins | Comments Off

Setting online space and real space side by side can prompt a different way to consider our relationships, behaviors, and how we conduct discourse as a society.


The Rant Is Too Damn High: Dealing with Fat Mouths in the Thin Time

October 26th, 2010 by Joanna Mullins | 4 Comments

Watching from the dark

The twilight time of Halloween/All Saints’ corresponds all too well with the 2010 U.S. elections.


Due North: Migrating toward Happiness

August 6th, 2010 by Joanna Mullins | 2 Comments

FlyingInOverNorge

It’s not just vacation – it’s getting out of the country.


The Fallout of BP’s Oil Spill: Thinking Beyond Environment and Economy

June 9th, 2010 by Joanna Mullins | 1 Comment

Your own thoughts, emotional habits, and actions in the past have been the primary focus of creating your current experience in the world. And every time you react to another person or thing with a particular set of thoughts or emotions, you’re deepe


Full Circle: An Odyssey in Editing and Dance

May 27th, 2010 by Joanna Mullins | 2 Comments

Darla Stanley (left) and Joanna Mullins in Stanley's "Fragile," performed at the SHMD studio in 2004

The funny thing about blogging is, if you’ve been on a computer doing something else for two weeks straight, coming back to it doesn’t feel at all like a return. What does feel strange is the act of writing. After a fortnight of immersion in the voca



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