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Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito’s wing that falls on the rails. ~~henry david thoreau, Walden In this first week of summer vacation, I find myself guilty of overreacting to every spilled drop of water and every word spoken by…
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Happy Summer Solstice, all. This day, where solstice is recognized officially at 8:26 a.m. here on the east coast, signifies the moment when the sun is farthest from the earth. It is the “longest day” of the year, and beginning at 8:27 a.m., we begin our six-month descent into the winter solstice, where the sun…
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Simplify, simplify, simplify! ~henry david thoreau 18 June 2006 It is only the third day of summer vacation, but I already feel overwhelmed by the amount of “stuff” piled high on my desk and around my chair. In fact, there is simply too much stuff in this room, and I know it is ridiculous and…
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A journalist always has an obligation to her audience to deliver the news truthfully. Even when elements of creative nonfiction are used to craft an article, it’s never a good idea to be misleading for dramatic effect, especially when the piece is about a random murder that happened just a few days ago. Yet, the…
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go. Just woke up. Last day of school, and still much paperwork to do. Two sets of finals administered yesterday went very extremely well, and I am reading through them now. Much to ponder this morning. As always, C-Loo is on my mind. I’ll call her husband tonight to see how she is fairing with…
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Washingtonpost.com has just reported that President Bush just landed in Iraq to meet newly named Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and discuss the next steps in the troubled, three-year-old war. So here’s where I’ll take this: Troubled president makes a surprise visit in country where no. 1 terrorist has just been killed. Troubled president and administration…
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go. C-Loo begins her chemo treatments today. This has been a fast and furious change of events for her and for the entire family, as this cancer is much more aggressive than the lymphoma she had in 1990. She lives in Orlando, and here I am in Baltimore. When she battled cancer the first time,…
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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I had the great fortune to take MP, my younger daughter, to school with me a few months ago….Not only were my students wonderful with her, I think it was probably…
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On my ride into school this morning, it dawned on me, and how foolish I now feel. New book. Outrageous controversy. Book shoots to no. 1 on bestseller list. Mission accomplished. I would imagine that a person like Ann Coulter who has the audacity to write such claims also has the guts to promote her…
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Go. I worked out last night for the first time, seriously, in maybe two years. The workout itself was not that impressive: 21 minutes on that anaerobic machine that’s like walking on air. I think they call it an elliptic trainer, but I’m not sure. Burned about 267 calories, which I’m happy with. Kept my…
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