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What I’m reading: No Straight Road
Given the unending chaos of the past several months, Rebecca Solnit’s No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain is a welcome reminder that change does indeed happen – even when it’s in such an incredibly slow manner that we may not realize it until it’s over. In “Despair is a Luxury,” Solnit…
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What I’m reading: The Power of Myth
In contrast to my last two WIR posts on books which were recent award winners, I’m going back to a 1988 publication: The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers – no awards, but well worth the read…and re-read! I can’t recall when I first came across this book, but however it appeared,…
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Vanishing Elders
I’m not ready for this – not that it matters. Life does what it wants, on its own time. We have to stumble along with whatever it throws at us, doing the best we can. Losing Mom in January was hard enough, of course; now her last brother is gone, too – the uncle who…
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What I’m reading: Orbital
As noted in my last WIR post, I generally avoid Oscar-winning movies and book prizes – Pulitzer, Booker, Pushcart…their choices almost always leave me cold. But the 143-page Orbital by Samantha Harvey joins Everett’s James as a welcome exception. I ordered the ebook on a whim after reading a review somewhere (another thing I don’t…
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Sunday, 7 p.m.
For more years than I can remember, that’s when I called Mom, 175+ miles away, to catch up. Family news from my scattered siblings and cousins, her latest doctor appointments, and what was on her calendar for the week – Eastern Star meetings, lunch with her best buds Rhea and Wilma, or maybe the monthly…
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Shed a Little Light
I’d intended to continue my reinvigoration of my blog for the new year, but my mother died January 10th and I simply don’t have the bandwidth to deal with deep thoughts. As Joyce Vance said in her always-informative Substack this week, “I have no plans to celebrate the inauguration of the incoming president. That’s my…
CL Pauwels at Large 