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666 Fifth Avenue
They call it “real estate” but beyond a certain point there’s nothing real about it. It’s just money in search of a place… More.
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Parkland
Are they tributes, these students, and the ones that came before? Blood sacrifice to the gods? Are they offered to placate, does their… More.
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Mermaid Avenue
Driving home after a long day, listening to Billy Bragg (and those enchanting backing vocals from Natalie Merchant.) Mermaid Avenue is twenty years old… More.
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Preppers
It took longer than any of us expected, our children were older than we were and theirs were older still. I remember the… More.
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Try This, Try That
Rather than thinking endlessly about what might work and trying this and trying that, in a kind of trial-and-error method, perhaps we should… More.
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Transition
When contemplating change, it’s tempting to try to think things through. Make a list, check it twice. Consider all the factors, all the… More.
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God on Sunday
“In the beginning Man created God, and in the image of Man created He him.” Ian Anderson, “Aqualung” They lost me at the… More.
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February 2.0
Snow crusted garden, last year’s coneflower grey as old bones, q-tipped and stiff in the wind, the neighborhood scoundrel cat passes through the damp… More.
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Food Rules
In a recent post that touches on food and religious evangelism and the folly of demanding adherence to the one true way, John Michael… More.
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Fair Trade
One of my customers paid for her lunch today with a bunch of dried mint from her garden, a jar of homemade bread… More.
