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A Gentle, Lyrical Touch

I tried to explain to my husband way-back-when that I was a goody two shoes when I was young, and by that I don’t mean I was perfect (I was a bossy tattletale, if you must know!).  I mean that the way I perceived the world was drastically different than my friends’, as must be […]

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Where the Neurotic and Moody Things Are

The sincerest of apologies to two of my favorite literary and movie-making people–Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze–but I did not like Where the Wild Things Are. Sadness. Good things: the movie is shot beautifully.  Imaginary worlds and characters are fleshed out on screen (the fort was especially wonderful).  There are a few excellent moments when […]

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Quietly, In the New Life

“Oceans” by Juan Ramon Jimenez I have a feeling that my boat has struck, down there in the depths, against a great thing. And nothing happens! Nothing . . . Silence . . . Waves . . . —- Nothing happens? Or has everything happened, and are we standing now, quietly, in the new life? […]

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Bach

This will get you going on a Monday morning.  Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, played with feet! I love Bach.  Growing up, I played lots his stuff on the piano, so perhaps he burrowed his way into my bones and muscles, and he’s a part of me always. Yesterday, my mom sent this […]

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The So-Called Nones

This week The Week had an interesting article–an introduction of the term used for the religiously unaffiliated in this country–the “Nones.” Trinity College has come out with a study that claims that 34 million Americans (about 15% of the population) claim no religious affiliation. “Why are their numbers rising? For lots of different reasons. Some […]

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