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Misty Mist and Dusky Dusk
Befitting my kindergarten position at the back of the line during kickball team picks, I recently was assigned to write no more than 200 words reflecting upon a 40th verse abandoned on a neatly-maintained list after its 39 brethren had … Continue reading →
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Tagged "On Joy and Sorrow", "The Lady or the Tiger?", Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, brain anatomy, Emily Dickinson, Emily Dickinson's "Snake", Forrest Gump, Frank R. Stockton's "The Lady or the Tiger?", Khalil Gibran, Matthew 26:42, the Cowardly Lion, The Good Place, zero at the bone
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The Third’s the Charm
“The third time’s the charm,” the saying goes. It is a paean to the payoff of persistence. Get back up on that horse, re-tackle that problem, dare to open your heart after it’s not only been broken, but broken once … Continue reading →
Broken and Unbroken
Zigzag. It appeared nearly two centuries ago as a noun–distinct from a mere “walk” and more akin to a ramble–in Jonathan Swift’s “My Lady’s Lamentation”: How proudly he talks Of zigzags and walks It’s a decent Scrabble word. Mathematically, it … Continue reading →
The Cone of Uncertainty
The East Coast’s weather conditions led a friend to post this morning that she doesn’t think she likes being in “the cone of uncertainty.” NOAA has set out a bright blue and green map; within it is a “cone” (which … Continue reading →
