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This Side of the Finish Line

I didn't raise my daughter to become an Olympic champion, but she did. I raised her to handle failure.

Winter Looks Familiar Until It Breaks You - Creative Nonfiction - iExile Literary Magazine

The Draw of the North Searching for loons on Tomahawk Lake - Wisconsin Life

Protective Precautions for Knitters in the ICU

Non-negotiable

The Hobby I Swore I Wouldn’t Start

Writing as Resistance

'Creating Music, Creating Community': The gift of performing with others

Aspirations

Something Powerful Is Headed To Minnesota — And It Should Serve As A Major Wakeup Call

I watched my daughter win Olympic gold. There's a lot no one sees on TV, but it was the experience of a lifetime.

I Was Shocked When My Daughter Wanted To Compete In The Olympics. What Happened Next Was Even More Stunning.

10 Years After He Graduated, A Student Sent Me A DM With An Apology I Never Expected

Pub, players and pints: Dropping in for an Irish music session in Waukesha

Shared Music, Shared Lives

I Was Hired As A High School Teacher. You Might Be Surprised By What I Was Really Doing All Those Years.

Opinion | All students impacted by federal funding cuts

Little known truths about lilies of the valley - Wisconsin Life

My dad worked until he died, and I swore I'd do things differently. Now, at 71, I realize it's important to stay busy.

My Husband's Medical Team Was Failing Him. Then A Stranger Stepped In And Said 6 Words That Saved His Life.

Alias Disclosure

A Short History of Shattered Molds

Tragedies and Disappointments of a Happy Youth

Ink In Thirds - Come Lay Down Ink... "Saddle Up, Age On"

WayWords Literary Journal | The Writer's Workout "Gospel According to Grandma"

Clickbait is the key to better essays

Uncle Al’s Compendium for Creativity

Grand Obsessions

The Conjurers

Raising a gold medalist: A parent's playbook for the unplanned Olympian - Wisconsin Life

Why I Wear Black

Astonishing Truth: Abortion is Everyone’s Beeswax - The AutoEthnographer

Wood Shedding Sound and Story

How to Triumph with Only One Shoe

Domestique — The Under Review

The Fastest—and Slowest—Place on Earth

How to Weave a Caned Chair or a Friendship by N.L. Jorgensen

Title IX’s Generational Divide: Mother Denied, Daughter Empowered,Title IX’s Generational Divide: Mother Denied, Daughter Empowered - Ms. Magazine

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Babies in Bloom

Not the same old dance: An ode to driving stick shift - Wisconsin Life

Authors in the Schools: Motivating and Inspiring the Next Generation of Writers

A Piano Lesson with Vincent VanGogh

Can Parents Create an Olympic Champion?

Nesters

Baked In - A craft essay by Nancy Jorgensen

Six Ways Violin Helped My Daughter Win Olympic Gold

How to Change the World in Fifty Years

Understanding and Submitting Sijo

Lost Time

How to Make Biscuits and Babies

Cut From the Same Cloth

Little Known Truths About Lilies of the Valley