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THE END OF THE YEAR
The days are paper thin at this time of year, like the onion skin my mother wrote her letters on. The hours slip along toward evening,...
WHY THE DEMOCRATS KEEP FAILING
My thoughts at this grim hour of the Trump Era turn back to earlier presidents, men who regardless of their shortcomings and faults spoke...
ON THE EVE OF THE TAX BILL
The dreaded tax bill is coming up for a vote this week, and when insomnia strikes me, as it did these past few nights, I hover over the...
SNOW
It's snowing out. The first cold precipitation since last winter. And last winter was sparsely precipitated, hardly enough crystal to...
IN OUR HOUR OF NEED
Climate change seems to have infected not only our weather but our politics as well. You can't predict the next move Trump will take to...
EPILOGUE TO A BETTER TIME
It was pleasant lying in bed last night listening to the rain patter against the eaves. All the usual night critters were silent for a...
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