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Michael Maupin
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May 22, 2022

Why I No Longer Write on Medium

Or, more positively, why you should join us on Substack Okay, it’s fair to say I don’t publish here anymore. At least, I’m not inclined to introduce new work here. And there’s a basic reason: No engagement. It wasn’t for lack of trying: I experimented, reached out to other publications…

Creativity

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Why I No Longer Write on Medium
Why I No Longer Write on Medium
Creativity

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Jun 16, 2021

Waterskiing with Bob Dylan

How to stay curious (in your life and work) — and wipe out incuriosity “To each his own, it’s all unknown/If dogs run free.” — Bob Dylan Nothing was more pleasing during last summer’s horrific global pandemic than outdoor walks with my K-12 teacher friend Chris. Since he was off…

Curiosity

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Waterskiing with Bob Dylan
Waterskiing with Bob Dylan
Curiosity

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Jun 2, 2021

Call for Submissions
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Elizabeth Dawber

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Hi Elizabeth! The Startup published one of my pieces in Jan. 2020 and I'm working on one for June. Hopefully you can put it under the "Mindset/Mental Health" category. Best, Mike

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Nov 24, 2020

The Pause That Depresses

Looking back on my decade of loss during a global pandemic “It’s the pause that refreshes!” — early Coca-Cola slogan Here’s the marching orders I got from Glenn, a fellow writer: “So you don’t want to write. And you say you don’t want to write about COVID-19. …

Coronavirus

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The Pause That Depresses
The Pause That Depresses
Coronavirus

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The Startup

·Jan 5, 2020

To Hell With the Old Gutterball Loop

Start your new year with an early morning routine that embraces daydreaming, planning, and joyful expectation — Fear is my gutterball. It probably has been from a very early age. And I sure as hell have been throwing my share of frames’ worth lately. I’m coming out of a fog of holiday dread and confusion, worried about the state of the world as well as that of…

Productivity

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To Hell With the Old Gutterball Loop
To Hell With the Old Gutterball Loop
Productivity

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Oct 15, 2019

My Favorite Comfort Food

“Crusted with cheese, golden at the edges. The waiter placed it carefully in front of me, and I broke through the top layer with my spoon and filled it with warm oniony broth, catching bits of soaking bread. The smell took over the table, a warmingness. And because circumstances rarely…

Food

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My Go-To Comfort Food
My Go-To Comfort Food
Food

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Jun 8, 2019

Mars Ain’t the Kind of Place to Raise Your Kids

“‘One thing,’ he said later, ‘it’s quick in space. Death. It’s over like that. You don’t linger. Most of the time you don’t even know it. You’re dead and that’s it.’” — “The Rocket Man” by Ray Bradbury THE LAST THING I ever thought I’d do was write about Ray…

Ray Bradbury

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Mars Ain’t the Kind of Place to Raise Your Kids
Mars Ain’t the Kind of Place to Raise Your Kids
Ray Bradbury

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Feb 23, 2019

Just You Wait and See

“Nothing” is always something. It’s just that sometimes you can’t see it. “Small” says, “nothing is always nothing.” “Big” says, “Just you wait and see.” Expanding, going big. Or shrinking — and feeling small.

Creativity

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Just You Wait and See
Just You Wait and See
Creativity

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Jan 29, 2019

Of Missing Persons

“And you can sing this song On July the Fourth In the sunny south and the frozen north It’s a day of loss, it’s your day of birth Does it take a death to learn what a life is worth?” — Jackson Browne, “Of Missing Persons”

Death

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Of Missing Persons
Of Missing Persons
Death

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Nov 19, 2018

Eat, Drink, and Be Gary

How as a culture we can become more tolerant and curious about each other? — I’d been expecting the news. But it still comes as a shock: the death of a friend. I’d been out the Saturday before Hallowe’en, slumming through my neighborhood thinking about buying a used hat. Winter was coming and I needed something to keep my head warm.

Grief And Loss

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Eat, Drink, and Be Gary
Eat, Drink, and Be Gary
Grief And Loss

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Michael Maupin

Michael Maupin

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Writer, editor, and media maker. Blogs at Completely in the Dark (www.completelydark.com) and lives in Minneapolis, MN. I notice things.

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