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The Cookie Canister
My parents moved to a “senior living community” several weeks ago. I wound up with the metal cookie canister we grew up with, but I gave it to my sister…
Jun 4
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May 2023
How (Not?) to Replace a Faucet
"This is crazy..."
May 21
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Phillip Reid
The thing is ... more than the thing
Context is everything
May 7
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Phillip Reid
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April 2023
Book release week...
Doing it a little differently today...
Apr 23
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When it “makes sense,” but it’s wrong
Or, “Well, I just assumed…”
Apr 9
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Phillip Reid
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March 2023
A moment in time or the passage of time?
Snapshot or storyline?
Mar 26
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How Do We Talk About Making Things?
In our world, most things we own, we buy. They’re made in a factory, usually somewhere quite far away from us—usually, now, in Southeast Asia or China…
Mar 12
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Phillip Reid
February 2023
Re-inventing the--rocket?
Those of us who grew up with Carl Sagan’s Cosmos (and, more recently, devoured the remake with Neil De Grasse Tyson) cannot forget the story of the…
Feb 26
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To wander with purpose …
If there’s one valuable service those of us with experience can provide the neophyte researcher (in any subject), it’s tools to overcome the…
Feb 12
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Phillip Reid
January 2023
Arts and Crafts on the Market
I’m a crackerjack editor. A professional writer has to be; there is no such thing as no word limit. I can edit a piece down to an arbitrary number in…
Jan 29
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Phillip Reid
Microhistory
What if your ninety-two-year-old mom died, and you were cleaning out her attic, and you found one of those old round birth-control-pill dispensers with…
Jan 15
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Retro Redux: Social Identity
I owe thanks to my kind mentor and collaborator Nick Burningham for making an observation about the “Retro” piece that led directly to this one. In the…
Jan 1
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