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New Orleans: Heedless and Brave
Tuesday February 9, 2010
Out of grace and sheer dumb luck, I’ve been fortunate enough to visit most of the “must see” sites in these United States. I’ve seen the Grand Canyon, Statue of Liberty, Niagara Falls, and the Golden Gate Bridge. I’ve watched the sun turn pink and set over the Olympic Mountains from an island in Puget Sound. I’ve watched the sun turn pink and rise over....
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The Company of the Saints
Monday February 8, 2010
As I write this, two events are fast approaching: a major winter storm and the Saints-Colts Superbowl. I’m not sure which is making me more nervous. Snowstorms were par for the course when we lived in Pittsburgh and Northern Indiana, but in rural Virginia, even a few inches....
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Imagining Sorrow
Friday February 5, 2010
In West Africa, Haiti seems as far away as the moon. Present, distant, it rises every evening to hang in a balance with the glowing Harmattan sun. A few hours later it shows a bright white face against the night. Then the clouds take it back again. A shyster prophet called....
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If You Love Something...
Thursday February 4, 2010
Last month, on the first night of winter, my nephew came home for Christmas break. For the past five years, since my dad (my nephew’s previous legal guardian) died, my nephew (now nineteen) has lived with me. He’s been away at school—a boarding high school, then university—so “living with me” has meant summers and vacations....
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Through the Dark
Wednesday February 3, 2010
Most of the time, I don’t feel like a brave person. This has been true since I was a child, a child plagued by strange and vivid fears. I remember lying in bed at night listening to the drone of airplanes passing by overhead—I would imagine a change in the tenor of the engine, and felt certain....
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