Marjorie Robertson
A Constellation of Selves at Mardi Gras
Dum spectas, fugit hora: carpe diem. (motto on a sundial, Wolsingham County, England) Whilst thou art looking, the hour is flying: seize...
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Marjorie Robertson
Marjorie Robertson
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
monsoon, AZ by Sean Robertson
I feel romance and beauty— the sublime forces of nature Dominate the moment the subtle drone the easy glare of a prolific louder past. my...
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Marjorie Robertson
- May 22, 2022
- 1 min
Stargazing in the Southwest
the night sky over Zion National Park (photo: National Park Service) A backpack, a flashlight, a sweater, water. Your friend takes hold...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Mar 4, 2022
- 1 min
Housekeeping
Housekeeping by Natasha Trethewey We mourn the broken things, chair legs wrenched from their seats, chipped plates, the threadbare...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Jul 24, 2021
- 3 min
Creating the Immeasurable One Sip at a Time
Our lives are a series of measurements. We measure the number of steps we take. We worry over the shifting cost of gas and a bag of...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Apr 29, 2021
- 1 min
Twyla Tharp: you be you
In an interview with Terry Gross on "Fresh Air," April 8, 2021, Twyla Tharp says she looked at herself realistically and aimed to work...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Oct 15, 2020
- 1 min
Remembering music, remembering us
Probably like some of you, I've been grieving on multiple levels. It’s hard to put into words because the list of horrors is long. From...
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Marjorie Robertson
- May 24, 2020
- 2 min
Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable
"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable." ~From "Evidence" by Mary Oliver If you watched only a few popular movies and t.v....
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Marjorie Robertson
- Feb 12, 2020
- 2 min
Travelogue: Western Oregon
Have you ever experienced a place as déjà -vu? As someplace you swear you’ve been at an earlier time? With a birthday approaching, I’ve...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Nov 10, 2019
- 3 min
musical healing
Perhaps one of the most overlooked tools in recovering from illness is distraction. The mind is a tricky thing—a wanderer, a talker who...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Feb 26, 2017
- 5 min
Profile of a French Immersion Student in 1977
February 23, 2015 | by Marjorie Robertson In 1977 when I was eleven years old, I began studying French in an immersion program in the...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Feb 8, 2017
- 2 min
Travelogue: Monterey Park, California
In Monterey Park, a predominately Chinese city in L.A. County, there is a diner. It is similar to a diner in my old Milwaukee...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Dec 14, 2016
- 3 min
Wanted: Fire Walking Lessons
Contrary to what we may think or wish, healing during times of physical or emotional illness is a loud, raucous, even painful process....
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Marjorie Robertson
- Dec 13, 2016
- 3 min
Music and the Power of Distraction
Perhaps one of the most overlooked tools in recovering from illness is distraction. The mind is a tricky thing—a wanderer, a talker who...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Dec 12, 2016
- 2 min
Little light of Milwaukee
One winter before Christmas, my mother and I entered a bar in the neighborhood of one of my high school friends. We were to meet with my...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Jul 30, 2016
- 2 min
The gathering place by the water
Summertime in Milwaukee is a short season. For that reason, it's a season spent outdoors at parks, concerts, sporting events and music...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Feb 17, 2016
- 2 min
Résumé
(Port Washington, WI, 1973. Photo: Robert Williams.) Learning the alphabet: a, e, i, o, u. The preschool cots had names written in magic...
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Marjorie Robertson
- Oct 9, 2015
- 2 min
Travelogue: Paris
"This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it." Ta Nehisi Coates,...
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Marjorie Robertson
- May 25, 2015
- 2 min
You Can't Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe
"Some things will never change. Some things will always be the same. Lean down your ear upon the earth and listen. The voice of forest...
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Marjorie Robertson
- May 17, 2015
- 3 min
The Daily Reading: excerpt from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
After moving to Milwaukee in the early 1970s, we frequently visited Aunt Yvonne and Uncle Bob (Gramma's brother) in Chicago. Years later...
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