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Dec.05.2012 The Franklin Line She is on the commuter rail reading the restored edition of Hemingway's A Moveable Feast. Her eyes are misting over like the city she's about to walk through. She can't let go the last line of the Forward, what Hemingway's son, Patrick, reveals to be his father's last professional...	Nov.18.2011 Who Says Suburbia was Such a Bad Thing? These days suburban culture in America is synonymous with a fashion faux pas. You’re not supposed to admit that you like it and even worse, don’t advocate bringing it back any time soon. I’ve been thinking a lot about my suburban childhood lately, and regardless of what the critics say...
Jan.28.2011 Deep Down True: Book Review I was lucky enough to score an early copy of Deep Down True at the bookstore in the Providence airport last Friday, and I devoured the book over the course of a long weekend. Good news: I loved it. Bad news: “just one more chapter” took a large chunk out of my beauty sleep. Thanks for the eye...	Mar.21.2010 Allan's Best Tweets for the Week Go To The Country 1. If you live in suburbia or the city, and don’t make good use of your parks, you can air out your life by going to the country. 2. Nature is our teacher. It needs nothing from us to thrive, though it seems possible to me, as flower to bee, we are in some...
Mar.02.2009 Olive and Gerry Olive and Gerry There is a man and a woman living in suburbia. They have been married for twelve years.Their house is like all the other houses on the block. A semi-detached house, three bedrooms, a small garden in front and back. Her name is Olive. His name is Gerry. They have one daughter. She is...	Oct.04.2008 Home Lawn Security I spied out our living room picture window—true to my Gladys Kravitz, the nosy neighbor on Bewitched, nature—to check whether the town’s water meter man in a pickup was still parked outside. He had been sitting there in his truck, motor idling, for 20 minutes. But he was gone. Instead, just beyond...
Sep.22.2008 Trophic Cascade Spiders and carpenter ants are more numerous in my neighborhood this year. Carefully watching the habitat that is our yard has yielded some observations that may be related to the proliferation of bugs. My first observation was a pair of robins who returned in the spring to make a nest right...