My Fellow Americans! On this sacred day, 239 years since the thirteen colonies claimed independence from England: LET US CLAIM OUR INDEPENDENCE AT BREAKFAST. Screw you, Kashi cereal and egg white omelette! WHERE DO YOU …
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how to leave without leaving
After a tough week, Jammerson and I got the heck outta dodge, and went to the Getty, a beautiful museum complex seated on a hill above the city. I’ve somehow never been, even though I’ve lived …
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“You can never know where you are Going…
……Unless you know where you’ve been.” Reading this AM about this incredible lady, Amelia Boynton Robinson, pictured here, beaten unconscious on Bloody Sunday (subject of Selma). Today, she is 103: and too old to travel …
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‘Old’ Salem
For a laugh, try taking a Brit who went to Cambridge, which was established in something like the year 1100, to Old Salem, where there is now a bridge with a commemorative plaque boasting its …
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13 Years
Today, on we will never forget: Nowadays, you can google and see anything. All sorts of everything. As 9/11’s pass, I think more and more about the kids who lost parents — who barely were …
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i’m here
One of my favorite most ABSOLUTE MOST FAVORITE THINGS IN THE WORLD is to see another country for the very first time. So far, Edinburgh / Scotland is somehow reminiscent of every city I have …
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Today, I am not Me
My boss told me that today, in the room, since everyone higher up than me is covering set, runnin’ round, doing various writerly tasks, I’m Alexander Haig (Reagan’s first Secretary of State, she also informed …
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Remember why
Found this peaceful and beautiful cemetery on my morning Orejog. Had to pause and look and think. So many have died so that we can do our runs and trips and days in (relative) peace. …
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The Carolina Shag
A gentleman recently asked me if I knew how to shag, and I was at first all, ahem? Until I realized he was referring to the Carolina shag, which is fact a fluid, foot based, …
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You are a Mist
I checked out a different church today – Silverlake Community Church – just out of curiosity, but MOSTLY because it’s only a mile from my house, I am obsessed with time management, and it’s dangerously …