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Nils Peterson

Pullman
As seen in: Fisheries Magazine, Flipboard, AEI - American Enterprise Institute, Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis, medRxiv, EIN Presswire, RealClear Defense, 3 Quarks Daily, Moscow Pullman Daily News
Assistant Director, Office of Assessment and Innovation, Washington State University
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On Dining Rooms, Radio Serials, and My Father

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By Nils Peterson
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1. Today mind wanted to think back to all of the houses I lived in with my parents growing up and on into my young manhood. There were five, and mind tried to walk through each of the rooms in all of the houses. It was more difficult than I would have thought. I remember so much and forget so much. Give it a try. It is interesting because sometimes you are still there and you can find yourself.
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Water, Fire, Earth, and Air

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By Nils Peterson
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Somewhere I have stowed my astrology reading so I could put my hands upon it when I wanted to see it again. I don't remember where. So there is something about a water sign [Scorpio] - a certain muddiness and flow of memory. All is at the bottom of the sea. Why is it so important to remember the longitude and latitude of any one thing? That's for earth people on their certain ways across the sea's broad expanse.
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A Call for a Smell Museum

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By Nils Peterson
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A new word brings an old memory and starts me thinking - biblichor. The chor comes from petrichor, that wonderful earth smell after rain. Bibli, of course comes books as in bibliography. It reminded me of a piece I used a couple of years ago, and from that, as well you readers know, thought makes its way from thing to thing. It's like crossing a stream on rocks. From The Paris Review: "The bookstore, and especially the used bookstore, is vanishing from New York City.
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