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Mike Dewey
Mike Dewey is a native Ohioan who has written a weekly column for 20 years. A Notre Dame graduate, he's won writing awards, but what matters more to him is touching readers' hearts, sharing moments of insight and confusion, seeking to connect over that thin wire of common experience, confessing failures and reveling in the celebration of life. He and his wife, Kay, have lived in North Carolina for 10 years.

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Let’s take some time to consider comfort food and Nixon
Published: May 20, 2013

It's a fantastic gastric experience, Mike Dewey's latest column, and he invites you to sit down at the kitchen table with his family, some good music and the late President Nixon. Intriguing, isn't it?

I’m sure it won’t be long until the music returns again
Published: May 13, 2013

When Mike Dewey gets a line on a turntable, he allows himself to believe that everything¿s going to be work out well. How he deals with what happens can be a life lesson.

Gym class still matters
Published: May 06, 2013

As a rite of passage, few adolescent experiences can rival physical education which, as Mike Dewey explains, is a gift that keeps on giving.

On Blutarski, music trivia and a joke that’s funny
Published: April 29, 2013

Trying to lighten the mood, Mike Dewey examines the harsh landscape for meaning and mirth, inviting his readers to share a moment of goofy laughter.

Take my advice: Keep on climbing and don’t stop
Published: April 22, 2013

When faced with the choice to go on or give up, Mike Dewey¿s always been one to keep on trying. Read his latest right here, right now.

I’d Love to ‘Change’ the World
Published: April 15, 2013

You might be surprised at how much you¿ve accumulated over the years in terms of castoff quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies. Mike Dewey offers a first-hand lesson in how rolling coins can rock.

Some choose to trash ... Others, to stash
Published: April 08, 2013

Examining the soft underbelly of consumerism and human frailty, Mike Dewey begins an exploration into what matters and what doesn't.

As good a time as any to express yourself
Published: April 01, 2013

Everyone's entitled to his or her opinion, which is nothing new, but somehow, Mike Dewey comes to an ephiphany, that includes Barry Manilow and the Velvet Underground.

He said I liked Wilco, but that doesn’t count
Published: March 25, 2013

Nothing matters more to Mike Dewey than the music of his youth but now, he's not sure what all the fuss it about and it makes him sadder and wiser.

Soulless clipboard ladies aren’t always women
Published: March 18, 2013

No one cares about someone else's troubles and that's just the way it goes, but Mike Dewey wants to believe it can be different. In the end, though, he's not convinced.



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