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  • Procured Art (Last Year)

    Jul 23, 2025

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    by

    Luke
    in Art, Journal

    Currently in the process of rearranging the house, art included, and forgot that I never mentioned some screen prints purchased at last year’s East Lansing Art Festival. As Vice Chair of the Downtown Development Authority, I had the honor—alongside the Chair of the East Lansing Arts Commission—of purchasing four pieces from that year’s People’s Choice…

  • “How and when did you choose to be who and how you are?”

    Jul 1, 2025

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    by

    Luke
    in Letters

    Dear Marvin, In response to your letter… Wow, OK, first off: whoa. That’s a hell of a way to ask someone, “How did you end up like this?” Feels like I’m being lovingly cornered by a very philosophical customs agent, or a very drunk friend. I do not believe I have consciously “chosen” most of…

  • What I’ve Been Doing/What I’ve Been Into

    Jun 5, 2025

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    by

    Luke
    in Journal, Media Diet

    Up to: Into: Eat ’em up.

  • Greetings from Detroit

    Mar 3, 2024

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    by

    Luke
    in Journal

    So nice, I went and turned 21 twice. Spent the birthday with Adri in Detroit, getting prayer beads from Dabls, strolling thru Heidelberg, having drinks with DJ Ladylike at Spot Lite, and stopping by my favorite tiki spot Mutiny before getting grooves on at Boogie Fever. Pretty close to a perfect day.

  • I believe RetroDuck truly made it once we could be found in an annotation on Genius.

    Apr 16, 2023

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    by

    Luke
    in RetroDuck

    I like the song, but might be biased.

  • Walking, Productivity and Creativity

    Jan 6, 2023

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    by

    Luke
    in Journal, Media Diet, On Writing, Unsolicited Advice

    I have walked and jogged and ran quite a bit since the pandemic began some 87 years ago, but this summer I decided to step it up (unfortunate pun intended). 100,000 steps per week, every week, for twenty weeks. Two million steps. Sounded like a reasonable goal. I didn’t think about my Fitbit dying, being…