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    Articles by Mary Colborn
    Chordsmen offer sweet sounds, poignant performances
    Chordsmen offer sweet sounds, poignant performances
    By Mary Colborn • September 16, 2008 2:34 am

    You stab the large piece of romaine lettuce in your salad when a simple melody breaks through your quiet reverie.

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    Helpline’s problems are all of our problem
    Helpline’s problems are all of our problem
    By Mary Colborn • September 6, 2008 12:00 am

    Have you ever wondered how things could get this bad?

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    A world-class skate park possible for SK
    A world-class skate park possible for SK
    By Mary Colborn • August 22, 2008 2:47 pm

    Leslie Reynolds-Taylor understands passion. She knows what it’s like to possess a desire so strong it overrides reason.

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    Life is a bowl of cherries — or at least it oughta be
    Life is a bowl of cherries — or...
    By Mary Colborn • August 2, 2008 12:00 am

    I grew up in a fruit bowl.

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    Your future is being decided in nondescript meeting rooms
    Your future is being decided in nondescript meeting...
    By Mary Colborn • July 14, 2008 8:47 pm

    An acre of lawn takes a lot of mowing, and my sweetheart of a new neighbor decided to help.

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    Musically and personally, they have each other’s back
    Musically and personally, they have each other’s back
    By Mary Colborn • June 4, 2008 4:00 pm

    Every now and then someone puts a book into your hands and says, “You must read this.”
    You think, “Hmm, as many books as there are published every day, why would this one prove meaningful to me?”
    And yet, it always does. Doesn’t it?
    It’s as if the rich kaleidoscope of books they share contain important messages you need to hear and the people themselves, well, they’re some sort of angel.

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    Farm embraces future, respects past
    Farm embraces future, respects past
    By Mary Colborn • May 16, 2008 2:49 pm

    You catch your breath as sunlight opens up a valley and exposes a brilliant array of greens. Rolling hills gently guide you and your breathing slows as cares flutter away.

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    There’s no place like home for quality theater
    There’s no place like home for quality theater
    By Mary Colborn • April 30, 2008 12:00 am

    Last night after hearing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” I remembered how my siblings and I, who had watched the “Wizard of Oz” at least a dozen times, were in our 20s before we realized that the entire Oz sequence was in color.

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    The objects of our obsession can be a force for good, too
    The objects of our obsession can be a...
    By Mary Colborn • April 26, 2008 9:46 am

    Did it bother you when Brad left Jennifer? Do you cringe over every one of Britney’s exploits? Can you repeat them all if anyone asked?
    Well, if you can answer yes to any of these questions, you may be what Carla Seaquist, State Rep. Larry Seaquist’s wife calls “the celebrity-starved.”

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    You just have to stop listening to your inner Grinch
    You just have to stop listening to your...
    By Mary Colborn • April 26, 2008 9:46 am

    You know the scene. The Grinch braces the sleigh full of stolen presents atop a mountain when he hears the faint sounds of the Whos down in Whoville singing.
    They sing, he realizes even though they have lost all their Christmas goodies, including the roast beast.

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    We can work together for the benefit of all
    We can work together for the benefit of...
    By Mary Colborn • April 26, 2008 9:41 am

    I love meeting new people and coaxing out their stories, although sometimes I wonder what it would be like to assemble the wild, hodgepodge of unique and occasionally crazy characters who share their stories all together in the same room.

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    My house isn’t the only thing that leaves me cold
    My house isn’t the only thing that leaves...
    By Mary Colborn • April 9, 2008 12:00 am

    Two weeks ago, I shut off my winter heat, rendering my house a nice toasty 59 degrees on a sunny day. Toss snow into the equation of “I’m going to save money (and carbon) even if it hurts me,” and the temperature does a quick loopy-loop on its rapid plunge to 54 degrees.

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    Club offers support, validation for moms
    Club offers support, validation for moms
    By Mary Colborn • March 28, 2008 5:42 pm

    During the interim between when a column is submitted and when I read it in a paper, sometimes my perspective shifts.
    I’ll see the words in print and gasp, “Oh my. What did I say? Will they understand? This reads much more self-serving and cocky than I meant it to.”

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    We mistook the messenger for his message
    We mistook the messenger for his message
    By Mary Colborn • March 28, 2008 5:42 pm

    Do you know the term “Bodhisattva?”
    Lisa Maliga in Pagewise, Inc. gives a beautiful definition from Tibetan Buddhism, “Bodhisattva refers to a person motivated by compassion who seeks enlightenment not only for him/herself, but for everyone.”
    The goal of a bodhisattva, Maliga explains, is “to achieve the highest level of being — that of a Buddha.”

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    I’m excited about clean technology
    I’m excited about clean technology
    By Mary Colborn • February 2, 2008 6:00 am

    As I sat listening to the governor speak last week at the Priorities for a Healthy Washington lobby day, a thrill rose from my toes, because I was looking at and listening to some of the most exciting legislation that I had ever witnessed.
    The stuff was good. The stuff was really, really good.

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    Why would we spoil the place to which we’re connected?
    Why would we spoil the place to which...
    By Mary Colborn • January 16, 2008 11:21 am

    Do you ever Google yourself? Check to see if you’ve done anything new that you should be aware of, a la Tyler Durham?
    OK, sorry. I won’t give you anymore “Fight Club” references, but seriously, have you done that, Googled yourself and your family and friends?

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    We are what we read — or at least I am
    We are what we read — or at...
    By Mary Colborn • November 28, 2007 6:00 am

    I was watching Andy Rooney recently on “60 Minutes,” something I never do. Have you noticed that he is missing one eyebrow and the other sticks out for about four inches to the side? It makes him look a bit like a unicorn. I am not sure if that is the look he is going for, but it was interesting.

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