Archive - Morning Finds

Detroit: Car culture, coney islands, cool shoes, and castoffs of capitalism

When is the city's "next time?"

Jul 15 •

Annette Januzzi Wick

Were you built to be a Mouseketeer or a track star?

Names and role models provide scaffolding to our own structures.

Jul 8 •

Annette Januzzi Wick

June 2025

May 2025

I Was a Driveway Baseball Mom

All kinds of moms exist for our kids.

May 11 •

Annette Januzzi Wick

April 2025

Defending federal workers is a defense of all workers.

My father’s workday routine, before driving to the family shoe store, included his stainless-steel thermos and his classic metal Stanley lunch box with…

Apr 29 •

Annette Januzzi Wick

The Museum of My Italian Grandparents

Why do papers have to prove immigrants exist?

Apr 22 •

Annette Januzzi Wick

The Expectation of Loss

A friend’s death, a lot of rain, and a lesson on the Oregon coast.

Apr 8 •

Annette Januzzi Wick

A Husband’s Aunt, a Drive-thru Coffee Bar, and NPR

How the three came together to teach me about the world.

Apr 1 •

Annette Januzzi Wick

March 2025

Libraries & Books: A fit inheritance or target of a presidential hissy fit?

By the time my son learned to read, we had moved away from our beloved Oregon and returned to Ohio.

Mar 19 •

Annette Januzzi Wick

Time to reflect on your pandemic years?

What scares us, what can help overcome that fear.

Mar 11 •

Annette Januzzi Wick

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