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The Empathy Machine
A couple of weeks back, my wife and I braved the cold and snow on a Sunday night to catch a rare, 35mm screening of the 1944 classic, The Curse of the…
Dec 23, 2025
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Re: Your Call to Action
Finding your resolve to create in a time of crisis. It may not feel like it, but now is your moment. When we look around at the horrors of the world, it…
Oct 29, 2025
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Creating When the World is Full of Darkness
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Sep 21, 2025
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You're Already Doing It
Jan 10, 2024
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Identify the Source
Mar 22, 2023
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It's About People (Pt. 2)
Sep 9, 2024
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Look Back Every Once in a While...
Nov 17, 2023
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You're Not Alone.
Aug 8, 2025
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What Would You Have Me Do?
Apr 11, 2022
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Adventure #2: Bettie's Chicago
In this next installment of Books & Boards, a baking novice like myself tackles bread-baking at the incredible Bettie's Chicago! This place is such a…
Sep 1, 2025
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You're Not Alone.
How are you feeling? Are you overwhelmed? Just hanging in there? I think we’re all feeling it this year, though many of us might not say so. In this…
Aug 8, 2025
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Adventure #1: Terrorvision
My first adventure for Books & Boards is to a faithful recreation of a bygone era! Located right next door to the Music Box Theatre on Southport Ave…
Jul 21, 2025
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Lessons About Community By Way of a Laundromat
Community is important, whether it's finding an art community to participate in or building one in a foreign laundromat. In a world of uncertainty and…
Jul 2, 2025
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Welcome to Books & Boards
Welcome to the first issue of Books & Boards! If you’re a regular reader of Because We Can, my monthly motivational newsletter, this newsletter is…
Jun 11, 2025
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On AI & Maintaining That Connection to Humanity
Like any new technology that makes tasks easy and convenient, there’s a temptation to incorporate it into your daily lifestyle. I don’t want to bang on…
Jun 3, 2025
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The Endurance to Exist
Friends, I’ll come clean. Part of me wanted to skip writing the “Because We Can” newsletter this month. But a realization changed my mind.
May 1, 2025
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