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- In the kitchen of love, only the beautiful are killed. Death does not frighten a true lover for those not dying for love are already […]
- Last night, out of the blue, an email arrived bearing a 43-year-old video. Sent via a chain of friends and relatives, the clip showed me […]
- It’s a fallacy that deer don’t eat potatoes, or at least strip the plants naked. I guess I should be grateful for the stalks and […]
- If you’re as old as I am, you’re already singing the next line in this iconic Dylan song. You also know that the answer “blowing […]
- The line “What fresh new hell is this?” was famously coined by the American critic Dorothy Parker when her writing was interrupted by the telephone. […]
- I am an avid reader; unlike my high-minded family and friends, however, I prefer novels to non-fiction. A well-written novel can introduce me to a […]
- I thank my lucky stars (as my mom used to say) that I have a dog. Among other things, having a dog means that I […]
- “Are we all going through a dark night of the soul?” he said. “That’s what one of my teachers said last week.” I have pondered […]
- I remember walking home from school through the autumn leaves and sunshine, hurrying a little. Six years old, I had a full bladder and 8 […]
- Two conversations and two questions: in the first exchange, a woman assured me that she was right in her stance about wearing/not wearing a mask […]