Monthly Archives: January 2013

Sunday School – without the rock opera

There are a lot of reasons why I respect my 19-year-old daughter’s moral compass and one of them is her years at the United Church of Lincoln Sunday School here in Lincoln, Vermont. It was that hour she spent after … Continue reading

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Snowmen are the sandcastles of winter

When my daughter was a little girl, she would occasionally ask me to build her a fairy house: A home for tiny, winged creatures – not cluster flies – constructed of moss, a couple of twigs, and architecturally precise, large-scale … Continue reading

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Poe’s Birthday

Today is Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday. Always loved his work –and still own the attached: A 45 cent paperback copy of his stories and poems I bought when I was 8 years old. Gotta love my penmanship back then.

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To find the meaning of baseball, roll the dice

It wasn’t one of those pitching duels for the ages — the final score was 4-2 — but it was two hurlers facing off who between them have an astonishing 615 Major League wins. It was likely Hall of Famer … Continue reading

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And the Oscar for Best Preview goes to. . .

I went to the movies four times between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Here, as a public service, is all you need to know about “Les Miserables,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “The Silver Linings Playbook” and “Hyde Park on Hudson.” I … Continue reading

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