The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, December 3, 2006
Great images in words. Even I, a southern boy who has had few run-ins with frozen precipitation, can see the images as I read these lines. Highly appropriate following last
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The Ladybug Letter
Andy Griffin wrote an essay in 2002 entitled “Somewhere Near Salinas”. It is about George Harrison, gardening, and farming, but, mostly it’s about life. I found this paragraph touched me. George
Keep readingHow’s the weather?
For the first time in a long time we’ve flipped. This morning in SE Texas the temperature stands at 37 degrees as I type. I see from the forecast email
Keep readingAnother Study, Another Reason to Drink Red Wine – washingtonpost.com
In the last month we’ve been given two reasons to drink red wine. First it was the resveratrol which was keeping overweight, out of shape mice young now it’s procyanidins…
Keep readingWednesday Morning Emails
The first thing up in my email que was the Washington Post this morning. The first headline that caught my eye was a story about the Freshman Senator from Virginia.
Keep readingIn Class Warfare, Guess Which Class Is Winning – New York Times
Thanks to Jason at kottke.org Put simply, the rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don’t pay a lot of taxes as a
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Garrison picked a good example of Horace’s writings. I find it a prayer I could also recite on a daily basis… On this day in 8 B.C., the Roman poet
Keep readingLoose Leaf Notes: November Porch Vacation
Colleen does it again…She takes me to where I need to be on this the day before I return to the grind. She starts it thus… A good book. A
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