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Tag: Grief

Arts & Culture

When the internet should mind its own business

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2017, 12:57 PM Jul 10, 2017
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The minute Patton Oswalt announced his engagement last week, everyone pretty much knew what was coming. The internet commenters would not approve. Read more →

Education

Farmington schools weigh ban on dead student memorials

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2015, 9:48 AM Apr 17, 2015
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Sun Newspapers reports the district is considering a policy to ban permanent memorials to dead students. Officials are concerned about having too many memorials on school grounds. Read more →

Arts & Culture

A cultural shift in grief

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2015, 6:14 AM Jan 12, 2015

A twentysomething with no kids, no partner, and few adult obligations lost her mom. Then she had to figure out how to grieve like a grown-up, Washingtonian magazine says. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Health

NPR: Nora and Aaron’s story

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2014, 5:01 PM Dec 5, 2014
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NPR’s national audience got a chance today to meet Nora Purmort, who has become well known in the Twin Cities now because of her chronicling of her and her husband’s life since his cancer diagnosis.
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