Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now

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  • Poems to go

    You push a button and a poem comes out on a long narrow paper like a grocery store receipt. The poem is by a self published minister. It is not a great poem. But it does rhyme. And it is a fine thing to have dispensed freely right after security.

  • Best little everything shop got better

    I’ve never written about the world’s best chocolate bar because it is generally only available in Canada. Why disappoint my American friends who wouldn’t be able to enjoy it? Ignorance is bliss, right? But last week, my amazing spouse — who it’s possible may have the better eye when it comes to the candy section…

  • Iditarod Musher Jody Potts-Joseph. She’s tough

    She ain’t no rookie even if it is her first Iditarod. A member of the Han Gwich’in from Eagle Village, Alaska, she’s run plenty of sled dog races, but this was the first time she had to run off a bison charging her team. They came upon it — a woods bison, slightly larger than…