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Skiing the Slippery Slope
On a whim yesterday I wasted twenty minutes on a quiz on the Christian Science Monitor website: it…
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Persistence
Some time back I wrote a journal post here in which I bemoaned the fact that a couple…
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See what you made me do…
A Persian word that became widespread in the days of the Ottoman Turkish empire — baksheesh — could…
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Taking a line for a walk
I just completed a piece of artwork that is both a departure and a return to basics for…
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Trial and Error
Like riding a unicycle along a tightrope, constant forward motion is essential in what I do. If I…
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On the Death of One We Love
As human beings, we have always seen ourselves as perched atop the pinnacle of creation: second only to…
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On Aging
Her aunt was a poor old body, — veins in relief, Many wrinkles about her ears, a nose…
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Peredur and the Empress of the East
In the course of his adventures Peredur meets (and ultimately marries) a beautiful woman known as “the Empress…
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