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Salinger: The Heart of a Broken Story
Thursday February 11, 2010
On October 10, 1986, J.D. Salinger travelled to New York City to meet with a lawyer. It had been just over twenty years since he had published anything and he was not about to see any more of it published—even brief excerpts of letters he'd written to friends and....
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Camellias in Winter
Wednesday February 10, 2010
Flowers bloom in the spring. Then there are the camellias of New Orleans, resplendent in the middle of winter. You might not think that New Orleans even has a winter, but even without regular sleet or snow, the season falls upon the city nonetheless: The thick, wet, heavy cold....
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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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