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Monthly Archives: September 2014
Lost in the Words – or – This is Why My Desk Looks Like Kandinsky’s COMPOSITION VII
I love the Oberlin College alumni magazine. I love the artwork, the articles, reminiscing about places I walked and people I knew. I read the class notes and giggle that some (crazy) folks in my year still feel young enough … Continue reading
Fellowship of the Ring: The Outlander Wedding
During the ’90s I made several trips to Phoenix. I can’t recommend this city to anyone with a propensity for lung disease. To land at the airport, one must fly through a smog pancake. Oxygen mask, indeed. Jess and I … Continue reading
Culinary Misadventures -or- Oops! I Made Jelly!
I love the idea of eating off the land. Romantic self sufficiency. “Putting up” fresh produce by canning and freezing. But canning, really. You never know when the power will go out. Solar panels would take care of it. Yeah, … Continue reading
What Then Must We Do?
Dear man at the corner with the cardboard sign: You make me uncomfortable. Let me rephrase that. I feel uncomfortable when I pull up next to you in my relatively new Subaru Outback as I drive to our well-appointed home … Continue reading
Labor Day Weekend
You might think it’s been a quiet weekend at the in-laws’ cabin. A loon cries across the lake. September-green leaves whisper high in the treetops. No planes, no cars, no cell phones, no motorboats. Just the whir of the faithful … Continue reading