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Creativity For/From Prison
Quilting in Angola An extraordinary humanitarian project has been on-going at the Louisiana State Prison for years now. That [...]
A Selection of Trains and Train Platforms
I've always liked trains, especially those that are clean and fast, and headed south to Pennsylvania Station in New York...
Figuratively Speaking
For some reason I just got it in my head that by sharing my love of language, I might inspire the kids to enjoy it in turn.
I Scream, You Scream
I’ve never considered myself much of a binger. Unless, of course, you’re referring to my addiction to very dark, [...]
Sounds like sit’-zen-zee.
Mom showed the German part of her heritage when instead of telling us to sit down she would say, “Sitzen Sie.” Dad showed the [...]
Running on Empty
I had never been much of a runner. In high school PE classes, when told to run laps around the baseball field I would hide [...]
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
My gateway drugs to cosmology were Fritjof Capra’s The Tao of Physics and Gary Zukav’s The Dancing Wu Li Masters.
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