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Eliot Baker lives in Finland. He is program and content manager for global open innovation pioneer, Xinova. He would be happy to sing for his heavy metal band and write novels full-time. He grew up near Seattle, got his B.A. in World Literature at Pitzer College, and got his M.S. in Science Journalism from Boston University. He was an award-winning journalist at the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, and before that he wrote for the Harvard Health Letters. He was Content & Communications Lead for a sleep tech company that got acquired by Apple. He likes good books while traveling, loud music while running, and bad movies while relaxing, as long as there's popcorn served. ...more

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Floating: A chance encounter

I feel like I've been floating all summer. Longer, even.

I was splashing in Lake Burien in June with my kids, when I noticed they'd lost their kick board. Despite my admonitions, they followed me as I swam after it. They're good swimmers for their age, but I've got to be ready to go full-on Hasselhoff when they're in over their heads, which is always at grandpa's lake.

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“We love the things we love for what they are.”
― Robert Frost

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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

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“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”
― Robert Frost

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“These woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
― Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

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“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
― Robert Frost

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