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Reading Alaska
I have a dear cousin who grew up in Cordova, Alaska which is a land-locked fishing village on Prince William Sound. Her father kidnapped her and her two sisters from their mother in…
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Genius Steals
Possibly attributable to the great thief and aphorist Oscar Wilde: “Talent borrows – genius steals.” It is sometimes surprising when something can trip our tastes and tip the scales of our opinions. What…
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Transformations
Sights, scents, and even slants of light can send us straight to our memories. I am transformed, taken to different times in my life, by seeing certain cuts of shadow and light in…
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Braiding Sweetgrass – best book of Summer 2019
The Best Book of Summer 2019 In the midst of summer and summer chores, I read and listened to Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer and then I listened to it again. I…
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Vanishing Twin
It’s time to embrace some witchy summertime grooves. Vanishing Twin is a project based in London, but whose members include French, Italian, Japanese, and British musicians. This variety of nationalities and backgrounds has certainly…