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Turn the Heater On If You’re Cold

Many years ago, I remember talking with my sister about how numb we were growing up.  Because there were so many of us kids, we learned to tolerate any situation, any temperature, without worrying about how we were feeling.  She was going through therapy, as was I, and at one point in the conversation, she […]

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For Dan and Liliana

This is for you, my love. And this is for you, my cherub. I love you.  You know that? [Post image: Dan and Liliana looking at paintings in the Louvre, Paris, January 2011]

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Learning to Dance With the Limp

Something crazy happened on Saturday morning.  Dan and I had an overnight in Minneapolis—to see Jersey Boys and eat tapas at Solera.  We were the first ones to show up to breakfast the next morning.  We ordered.  Then, a cute older couple walked in (not old, maybe mid-50s).  They walked past us, and the guy […]

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For My Fellow Math Geeks

Secret: I was a math major for two years.  Well, that’s how long I lasted anyway… I began to crave live things (or at least things that had been living).  I guess dead turtles and frogs and sharks, deep in the bowels of dissection labs, don’t count. But look!  Isn’t it amazing how nature and numbers […]

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Faulty Reasoning When it Comes to God?

You’re probably familiar with some psychology terms—from college courses or leisure reading you’ve picked up along the way; therefore, you’ll recall that children do this thing called “teleo-functional reasoning.”  Never mind the term.  You probably wouldn’t remember that.  [At least I wouldn’t.]  But you may remember what it means: the belief that something exists for […]

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