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A blog of the media I am consuming

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Glimpses

Because sometimes we can’t talk about the hardest subjects: the unjust wars, the prejudiced policies, an exceedingly endangered planet. Neither can we talk about our own failures and regrets, nor…

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Missing

I looked up how long it takes a large tree to disintegrate in the forest. It depends, of course. But, in general, longer than most of us live.

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Glory of the Seas

A couple of years ago I moved into a retirement village and had to do some serious downsizing. My shell collection went from five shelves to two, not counting the…