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A handwritten illustration with words Letters From a Friend of Dorothy.

Echoes of Oz

Atticus King, Staff reporter | Published June 12, 2026

Dear Dorothy, When you reflect on your time in Oz, I wonder what you see? Do you smile on the colorful memories, or do you still shiver from the draft that came through when...

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Between two worlds

Madina Aria, Editor | Published June 9, 2026

I was 7 years old when I first noticed the way I grew up was different from most of my friends. Their houses didn’t smell like cardamom, clove or saffron, nor did they have music...

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A handwritten illustration with words Letters From a Friend of Dorothy.

Letters From a Friend of Dorothy

Atticus King, Staff reporter | Published June 4, 2026

Dear Dorothy, I hope Kansas is treating you as well as, well, Kansas can, I suppose. I wonder what it was like for you to return. Because despite spending ten years in Oz,...

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Passing Through the Shadow

Passing Through the Shadow

Madina Aria, Editor | Published April 27, 2026

Unprepared and half-asleep, I found myself at the top of Pilot Butte at 2:30 in the morning. This was a few weeks ago, as a small group of friends and I made our way up to watch...

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A handwritten illustration with words Letters From a Friend of Dorothy.

There’s no place like home

Atticus King, Staff reporter | Published April 23, 2026

Dear Dorothy, I wonder what it was like to go on that great big adventure to Oz, to just end up right back where you started. Ten years ago I ran away from home. I never...

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Why we're becoming more analog

Why we’re becoming more analog

Madina Aria, Editor | Published April 17, 2026

As per Vocabulary.com, analog is the opposite of digital. Strictly old school. And it’s having a moment: film cameras are back in people’s hands and vinyl records are spinning...

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Slow to Return

Slow to Return

Madina Aria, Staff Reporter | Published February 1, 2026

The clouds hang heavy, the sky a moving blob of white. The weather has been stagnant the past few days, as if unsure whether to snow or not. Late winters often stretch from mid-January...

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