Jodee Taylor

Traverse City native Jodee Taylor joins the lineup of columnists who write for the Record-Eagle's Thursday Our Town section. Married and mom to a 15-year-old son, Taylor is a Record-Eagle specialty publications coordinator.

Jodee Taylor: Get what you need, then stop I vacationed in the Third World this year. It wasn't a mission trip. It wasn't "volun-tourism." It was just a vacation. Besides leaving a trail of U.S. dollars, I didn't do anything to help anyone. Instead, they helped me.....more>>

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  Jodee Taylor: A life reduced to six words?
  Can you sum up your life in six words? Last month, Smith magazine, an online publication published a book of six-word memoirs it gathered from its readers and some luminaries. "Not Quite What I Was Planning ..." (the title and one of the entries) contains almost 1,000 autobiographies.

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  Jodee Taylor: 'Real' birthdays extra special
  Here's a brainteaser: Kim turns 11 this month. Her son turns 15 in April. Huh? Kim was born Feb. 29. She's a leap year baby.

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  Jodee Taylor: Changing a life
  My son, now 15, saw "Once" at last summer's film festival. It changed his life. The only music on his Christmas list was the soundtrack for "Once." He started tinkering on the piano. I'm pretty sure he wanted to grow up to be an Irish busker.

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  Jodee Taylor: Skiing a good base for life
  I grew up skiing at Holiday Hills. It's all grown up, too. It's now a mount. It was the kind of place -- still is -- where your parents could drop you off, then come back several hours later to collect you, all cold and pink-cheeked and tuckered out.

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  Jodee Taylor: Your town, my town, our town
  I love the name of this section, "Our Town," but I always wonder if it should be plural. Does anyone claim just one town? Only about 15,000 people can claim Traverse City as their residence, according to the 2000 U.S. Census; the rest of us live in the neighboring villages and townships.

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