2026
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My Longest Training Run Was a Treat in the End
Twenty miles did not prove that Philadelphia will go well. It did something more useful: it showed me what is working, what still fades late, and that I no longer need to wonder whether I can…
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Eight Miles in Two Acts
Five miles with Marcel felt unexpectedly fast and exhilarating. Three more with Natasha asked for something different: restraint, accompaniment, and enough awareness to stop treating every available bit of speed as something I had to use.
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The Race That Was More Trick Than Treat
As late as Friday afternoon, I was not sure I was going to run the Miami Beach Halloween Half Marathon at all. I had been down with strep for about a week and had done essentially…
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Genealogy & Kinship: Following the Questions Across Family and Place
Folklife & Fieldwork · Research Note Genealogy & Kinship: Following the Questions Across Family and Place Documented ancestry and the historical questions it opens Published: October 19, 2026Collection: Genealogy & KinshipType: Research Note My genealogical work…
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Returning to Timbertown: Reopening a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Fieldwork Record
Folklife & Fieldwork · Research Note Returning to Timbertown: Reopening a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Fieldwork Record Original fieldwork, renewed inquiry, and the return to Castor Published: October 19, 2026Collection: TimbertownType: Research Note The original 2001–02 Timbertown fieldwork in…
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The Technology Changes. The Human Questions Remain: An FIU Conversation on Archives and Oral History
Recovering a Web 2.0 time capsule, revisiting oral history in the AI era, and asking students at FIU what happens to the stories no one thinks to ask about.
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Wikipedia Workbook for Cultural Institutions: From Workshop to Open Resource
How Jeff Guin commissioned Mary Mark Ockerbloom to create an openly licensed Wikipedia workbook at Vizcaya—and how the resource traveled into professional training and scholarship.
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This time I’m running with me
I arrived at FootWorks exactly at 7 p.m., close enough to run time that I paid to park in front of the store instead of driving the extra two blocks for free parking. The store was…
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Designing a Public Identity for Heritage Resources: The MAHR Recruitment Campaign
A recovered brochure and postcard document Jeffery Guin’s communications and design work for Northwestern State University’s Master of Arts in Heritage Resources.
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This time, I’m running with you
Three days of running suggested that my natural cruising pace may be changing. The more interesting part was what happened when the running itself moved into the background.