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The Land Where Left is Right – Sometimes October 8, 2015

The Land Where Left is Right – Sometimes Navigating jetlag and learning to walk safely down the street in a new place have a lot in common – confusion — especially with traffic circulating on the left side. In both … Continue reading

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The Brave World of Globalization – First Impressions, London, 2015

The Brave World of Globalization – First Impressions, London, October 6, 2015 After one of those very long nights trying to sleep on a transatlantic flight in “cattle class” (augmented by two extra hours sitting in the plane on the … Continue reading

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Visit from a Baby

Today a baby came to visit – barely one week old. His ears and fingers and his tender mouth, so perfect, so amazing. He’s brand new within the earthly stream of life – all so strange and unaccustomed. This hunger … Continue reading

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Celebrating Oestera in 2015

Easter Blessings April 5 2015 Easter Sunday The smell of apple cider vinegar comes back to me As I think back to childhood Easters. The too pale eggs, no matter how long I dipped them in the dye, The crinkly … Continue reading

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Snow Day!!

Snow Day January 28, 2015 I remember waking in the morning, to the white of snow Outside the window — Mr. Frost’s designs inscribed inside the panes of glass. What a sense of wonder – the world has changed, Put … Continue reading

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Thoughts on a Birthday

Birthday Thoughts Years after a Death Today, you would be 83, beloved Bubbele. It seems strange to hold you in my heart , on yet another birthday Even though you left the earth those seven years ago. I’m still so … Continue reading

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A Winter Afternoon at Church

A Winter Afternoon at Church January 11, 2015                                                              The sky is gray. The trees are gray. Their branches and their trunks are bare, So I can see how, together, they created summer’s canopy of green. The brittle winter light … Continue reading

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Reconnecting

Reconnecting I’m free! I’ve spent two days in vast, windowless brick boxes, Places of health care, with countless people Busy working on a multitude of tasks That assume a lack of health. Long, anomic halls stretch in all directions, Brightly … Continue reading

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At New Year and Birthday

At New Year and Birthday Air and life are timeless, limitless, And yet we feel compelled to try to Box both air and life, To tick it off, to number it. What difference does it make, really, that today I … Continue reading

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June 4 2014 Rodin Museum: It’s a Small Small World

Musee Rodin June 4 2014 — It’s a Small Small World We had heard that the Rodin Museum was a favorite Parisian hangout for many folks, and when a Meet Up was planned there for dinner on Wednesday, we figured … Continue reading

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