Results for keyword: conversation
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Talking vegetarianism to a hunter
An airplane chat between a vegetarian and a hunter yields unexpected common ground, largely over a mutual love and respect for wildlife.
by Brendan Leonard, Jun 04, 2012 -
The strange attraction of the “breakfast thing”
Rob Pudim casts a curious eye on the small-town Western “breakfast thing,” where old codgers gather around a café table to flirt with the waitress and talk about nothing in particular.
by Rob Pudim, Apr 09, 2007 -
Selling peace on the street in Flagstaff, Arizona
In front of the Flagstaff post office, Mary Sojourner talks to strangers about ending the war in Iraq and feeding the hungry.
by Mary Sojourner, Mar 05, 2007 -
Winter Prayer
Snowshoeing alone at night in the forest, a woman thinks – and prays – about the friends she loves, and the families they worry about.
by Kathleen Dean Moore, Feb 05, 2007 -
Isn't it time to bury the hatchet?
Tired of the rhetorical arguments that pass as conversation these days, the author proposes it’s time to take a blockhead to lunch – and listen to what he has to say
by Jeff Golden, May 15, 2006 -
The end of something really big
The chance to see a huge dead whale draws "carcass tourists" to the California coast
by Michelle Nijhuis, Oct 31, 2005






