The table is set. Flowers arranged and candles burning. The house fragrant with food cooking since morning. Guests arriving with dishes that jostle for space, first in the oven, then […]
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“Every moment happens twice, inside and outside, and they are very different histories.” Zadie Smith Decades ago, when I was studying the who-what-when-where-why’s of journalism, we used to talk about […]
+ Read MoreIn the end the beginning Hurricanes in the south: rain measured by the yardstick, houses flattened by gusts three times faster than the average speed limit. Lights out, power lost […]
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This morning, I walked my dog down to the river before any businesses were open and when we got to our town’s main street, I remembered it was the day […]
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The grass is green again. Although, in my yard, casually tended as it is and home to an exuberant squirrel-chasing labradoodle, there remain many bare patches of not-so-green mud. A […]
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We are in a sacred time. Whether celebrating Passover or preparing for Easter or praising the abundance of birdsong and buds bursting out everywhere, we are all in a sacred […]
+ Read MoreThe upcoming presidential inauguration has raised more than a few questions for me: How do I “show up” for the inauguration of a president who refuses to see me except […]
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