Might makes Right (and rhymes)

a brief look at American inevitability

Jan 8

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Alongside the path runs a stream

On daily strength, borrowed wisdom, and a way of entering the year refreshed

Jan 1

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December 2025

A Child's Christmas in Delaware

Reconstructing a childhood Christmas from available evidence

Dec 25, 2025

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Cracking the Nutcracker

What a holiday ballet reveals about tradition, vision, and creative courage

Dec 18, 2025

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Words, words and 27 years of walking

what a philosopher, a playwright and a paratrooper tell us about wanting to know

Dec 11, 2025

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That old time religion

ancestral evidence of doubting dogma

Dec 4, 2025

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November 2025

Now be thankful

a different take on the objects of gratitude

Nov 27, 2025

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It's all connected, right?

how we learn about art, relatedness, ecology and the life of a cell

Nov 20, 2025

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My visit with Edward Gorey

or How I Got a Cloth Frog

Nov 13, 2025

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Line drawings, re-drawings and "comfort art"

the meditative practice of copying another artist's work

Nov 6, 2025

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October 2025

Voisinages (n. Fr. neighborship)

making a joyful noise

Oct 30, 2025

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Can we all just get along?

Depends. How much time do we have?

Oct 23, 2025

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