On college tours, colds, and choosing challenge over comfort

plus, the disturbing truth about nasal spray and how it's maybe a metaphor for life

This view is from the living room of an Airbnb in Houghton, Michigan, where I’m writing this, earlier this morning. Houghton is the home to Michigan Technological University, known as Michigan Tech, where my son Owen is considering attending in the fall. The city is also known as the “gateway to the Keweenaw Peninsula”, the northernmost part of Michigan…