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\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ background_color=”#c0b283″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”Knitting Pearls” url=”http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/review-knitting-pearls-writers-writing-about-knitting-edited-by-ann-hood\/341246321\/” image=”http:\/\/www.laurabillingscoleman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/RP-T-1976-84.jpg” admin_label=”knitting purls blurb” _builder_version=”3.0.95″ header_font=”Libre Baskerville|700|||||||” body_font=”Libre Baskerville||||||||” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”30px|30px|30px|30px” use_border_color=”off”]Book review: Ann Hood\u2019s latest anthology helps explain why knitting is so often the life sport of the literary set: Novels and Norwegian mittens require hours of sitzfleisch<\/span><\/em>, and provide proof that \u201csmall amounts are cumulative.\u201d
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\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ background_color=”#e5dab6″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”Our Pilgrim’s Progress” url=”http:\/\/www.laurabillingscoleman.com\/pilgrims-progress-2\/” image=”http:\/\/www.laurabillingscoleman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screenshot-2015-07-19-12.02.23.png” admin_label=”Family Fun blurb” _builder_version=”3.0.95″ header_font=”|on|||” header_text_color=”#78abcc” body_font=”Libre Baskerville||||||||” body_text_color=”#72a6cc” body_font_size=”18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”30px|30px|30px|30px” use_border_color=”off”]We let Ancestry.com chart our course for this Family Fun<\/strong> road trip tracing the sailors and Salem witches in our family tree.
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Laura Billings Coleman<\/strong> is a Minnesota-based journalist and freelance writer. A former columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Mademoiselle<\/strong> and Mpls\/St. Paul<\/strong>, her reporting and reviews have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Outside, Fast Company, SELF,<\/strong> Salon<\/strong> and many other publications. She is the principal and project manager at Pro Bono Press<\/a>,<\/strong> a creative firm specializing in communications and development strategies for nonprofits, foundations, colleges and community causes.
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