“Should we go tubing?” Dora asked the other day. A rare day when the sun was shining beautifully, and we were both at home. “Or do you think it would be wrong, when we have so much work to do?” “Of course it would be wrong.” I laughed evilly. “Let’s go.” After more debate, meant […]
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The Contrast of Life and Death: My sister and I planted flowers on our Great-aunt Lydia’s grave this past week. The flowers, early sunrise and blue lobelia, were bright, colorful, ethereal. We pushed the square chunks of lobelia root out of their black plastic boxes and laid the lobelia flowers on the soil, deciding where
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There is a movement afoot in America. Very hip, trendy, mod, all that. And it’s green. Can’t forget about the green. This movement takes us back–straight back–to the bosom of warm mother earth. It’ll probably rebuild the ozone layer. This movement is greener than grass. Oh, yeah, it is grass. In writing this blog post,
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Our world is a world of tremendous connectedness and communication. We no longer have the need to search for lost tribes and unknown islands. With satellite technology, just go to Google maps. Zoom in. A few facts you may or may not have known about your privacy: • The FBI can access your webcam at
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In honor of Mother’s Day, in honor of Mom–my hero, my confidant, my problem solver–I give you a poem. I’ve entitled it: Pink Quartz Dedicated to Mom, written for Mother’s Day 2011 She’s like pink quartz, I think. This is strange because she most often wears blue. Pink quartz is flaky and delicate as pastry—
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