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My Life with the Indigo Girls
After college I moved to Atlanta. My boyfriend lived on Emory Avenue and attended Emory Law School. I had a room in an apartment shared with two women law students on Briarcliff Road. There was no bus between Emory Ave … Continue reading
Cognitive Dissonance
About midway through the national lockdown, I saw an article saying “prepare for the gas lighting.” Soon, the article said, we’d start hearing minimizing of Covid-19, being told we are overly concerned and overreacting and that really it is no … Continue reading
4th of July In a Pandemic
I was in the water when it happened. I’d been watching the group of Black people at the beach because it’s unusual—this is a very white space. I was determined that before we left I’d walk over and tell them … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, St. Joseph, Uncategorized
Tagged 4th of July, Avon, COVID-19, drowning, lake, Stearns County
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Visiting Robby
I said to a friend on Wednesday that I expected him to have a deep voice and a Southern accent, because in his letters he sometimes uses the word “y’all.” Robby was born in Baltimore but raised in rural Maryland … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, politics
Tagged COVID-19, death penalty, death row, death row pen pal
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Spring with the Natives
Last night we watched the documentary film Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf, which is available for streaming for a $5 donation to a food charity through Memorial Day. Oudolf is the landscape artist behind the High Line in … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, prairie, the Farm
Tagged Five Seasons, landscape with natives, Piet Oudolf, prairie flowers, prairie landscaping, prairie restoration, woodlands
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The Strange World of Food
Here we are in the pandemic, confronted with the first view of a post-apocalyptic world. And it has partially hyped up and deeply affected our relationship to food. Way back in 2012 I wrote a blog post about how apocalyptic … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, food, garden
Tagged cooking from the garden, COVID-19, food supply, growing food, organic gardening, restaurants
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In the Garden
It is Maundy Thursday, and my evening didn’t go as planned. I wanted to make a feast and had planned to wash my husband’s feet, if he would let me, which is doubtful. I think it would have been a … Continue reading
Posted in Benedictine monastery, cancer, religion
Tagged cancer, chemotherapy, Easter, Gethsemane, Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday, ovarian cancer
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Meanwhile, back on the farm…
Cornish Cross Broilers are an abomination. Seriously. They are disgusting beyond compare. Yes, those day-old chicks were adorable, but their true nature as genetically engineered eating machines has now been revealed, and let’s just say, no tears will be shed … Continue reading
Mercy and Comfort, and Hope
Images of the USNS Comfort and the USNS Mercy hospital ships arriving in New York City and San Diego filled me with pride and hope. Even though these two ships will be used not for Covid-19 cases but for all … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged cancer treatment, COVID-19, New York City, pandemic, USNS Comfort
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Animals in Quarantine
I’m embarrassed about this post. But nature around me so often reflects the reality of my larger human experience, I just must share. Like contemplating weeds in relationship to trying to eradicate cancer, or its opposite, fertility and health and … Continue reading