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Road Trip Episode 5, Part 2: A Lesson in Privilege

In Part 2 of Road Trip Episode 5, I explore how recognizing my assumptions about who I am and the privilege I carry taught me an important lesson.

Nov 28 •

Annette Marquis

Road Trip Episode 5, Part 1: The Road Not Taken

In this 2-part essay, I share my recent experience crossing into Canada, something I expected, as a white woman and U.S. citizen of Medicare age, to be…

Nov 26 •

Annette Marquis

Road Trip Episode 4: The Power of Naming and Knowing

In this essay, I take you to the Lake Superior shore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where I learn a lesson in the power of naming and knowing.

Nov 19 •

Annette Marquis

Road Trip Episode 3: A Ghost in a Michigan Cornfield

In this week of Hallow's Eve and All Saints Day, a story of a first kiss and a life harvested way too soon.

Nov 4 •

Annette Marquis

Road Trip Episode 2, Part 2: Winnipeg's Food and Flora

A journey through mid-America and the southern Canadian prairies

Oct 30 •

Annette Marquis

Road Trip Episode 2, Part 1: A Visit to the Prairies

A journey through mid-America and the southern Canadian prairies

Oct 29 •

Annette Marquis

Road Trip Episode 1: Getting mired

A journey through MId-America and the southern Canadian prairies.

Oct 22 •

Annette Marquis

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