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Dec.31.2012
Taking stock. It’s what people do at this time of year. We reflect on our accomplishments and what we’ll do next year. I’ve never reviewed my year publicly before, but 2012 was different. It was my first full year as a published author, and I celebrated my sixty-fifth birthday.
One of...
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Nov.30.2012
I just borrowed from the library We Killed, a book about funny women. Out of total habit, I flipped through the book for Gilda Radner info. Because let's face it, funny and Gilda Radner go together.
Growing up I never had to deal with "girls can't be funny. Boys don't like funny girls." Of course...
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Aug.08.2012
White supremacy and neo-Nazism have different histories. Tanking up on the latter absolves internalised racism
“Nobody's angry here. We're just confused. Was this a random act? Was this directed at us because of the way we look?”
The questions were raised by an onlooker at...
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Jun.07.2012
If the question had been put outright, my friend and I agreed, a supermajority would have voted on our side:Do you want to live in a nation where a few ultra-rich individuals own as much as everyone else put together, have carte blanche to use their wealth to shape public policy, yet feel...
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Jun.05.2012
Spent my morning on Email, especially a reply to a note from Son Jason's old friend, and a tardy reaction to the latest revision of Wayne the K.'s screenplay.
The plumbers came a little after noon. They thought some electrical element was amiss. I reminded them of the...
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Sep.10.2011
The house we built on the top of the hill is for sale.
(Goodnight, red tile roof. Good night, stone fire circle.)
I'm canning the whole garden, as though I could take it with me ...
(Goodnight pumpkins. Goodnight, raspberries, pear trees, and busy bees.)
We will sell the books and the beds, the...
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Mar.14.2011
I've been on the road for speaking engagements, the proximate cause of my recent blog pause. I tend to write here when something worth sharing crystallizes in my mind. But travels notwithstanding, the truth is that just lately, it's been hard to find the crystals in the fog of reactivity. My...
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Mar.09.2011
Here is my recent op-ed that appeared in the Duluth News Tribune.
When you agree to live under government, and especially when you agree to be a government official, you recognize that you may lose from time to time.
And when you live in a representative system of government, you will lose...
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Feb.22.2011
Note to readers: based on response to my recent 3-part series on cultural funding, Life Implicates Art, I'm letting people know about my workshop on Reframing The Arts, a powerful generator of new ideas, fresh inspiration, and transformative action. Please contact me if you want to explore...
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Feb.20.2011
“We’re broke.”
The House speaker says it, the Wisconsin governor says it. In fact, Republicans and their Blue Dog pals use these two words as an excuse for everything from depriving babies of their formula to punishing NPR for occasionally reporting facts. Once they get a slogan working for...
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