by David Anderson
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. -Nelson Mandela You can’t go home again, but we do anyway. In fact, it’s all we want to do. The old place exerts a powerful draw. The impulse to return home is driven by […]
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Here is how I ended up hunting flies. Tuesday night we hosted a dinner party, and because it was a cool evening and people were constantly coming in and out of the house, the doors were essentially open all evening. By the time we closed up the place, flies were everywhere. We got the fly […]
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If it’s fight-or-flight, I’m not much of a fighter. I mostly fly. So when I read these words by poet John Martin, I knew they were meant for me. See if they’re meant for you. Bear In Mind by John Martin A bear is chasing me through a meadowand I’m running as fast as I […]
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The Holy Spirit had a trick up her sleeve this morning—thankfully. I needed it. On the Feast of Pentecost I had slipped into my wonted pew for the 8:00 service, the early gathering I prefer precisely for its quiet and lack of crowds, and immediately I had the sense I often have at religious festivals. […]
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I awake to a clatter at the back door. Erratic rapping on glass. I come down to investigate and find a scarlet cardinal sitting on the railing, then flying beak first into the all-glass door. A flutter and crash, regrouping on the railing, head cocking this way and that, then attacking the glass again, and […]
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“It was a mess—my whole life just sort of ended.” I hear this as I pour the woman another cup of tea. She’s not talking to me, but to another woman. I am just the server, but I overhear their conversation. “I couldn’t take care of the kids, my husband’s job wouldn’t let up.” Pam […]
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All I expected from Hola Cuban Café was a good Cuban sandwich. I got that, but I also received a life story that was incomparable. We placed our order and were sitting at a table on the porch, waiting. The Florida sun felt good. At the other table a man was also on hold. He […]
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Epitaph on a Tyrant W.H. Auden (1907-1973) Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;He knew human folly like the back of his hand,And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,And when he cried the little children died in […]
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