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I may have gotten lost on a Scottish mountainside
My afternoon meandering across the moorlands, and how I set my sights on a way out
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Another day, another democratic line crossed
Some bonus Friday thoughts on the manhandling of Sen. Alex Padilla
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Place Poem: "Scotch Tape Body" by Ron Padgett
Some professional navel gazing from my native New England
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Let's get acquainted, again
Notes from the road in a busy month
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14:00
Breaking our great barriers, and building them back
The miracle of Notre Dame, the tragedy of the Great Barrier Reef, and what human hands do in between.
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Breaking our great barriers, and building them back
The miracle of Notre Dame, the tragedy of the Great Barrier Reef, and what human hands do in between
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12:21
What happens when members of Congress do their jobs?
Since Sen.
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What happens when members of Congress do their jobs?
Now that's what I call Constituency Service, Vol. 1
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Place Poem: "Spring Azures" by Mary Oliver
The new season is a gift that can — and must — get us up off the mat.
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"What we need is here"
Should we tilt our gaze up to the stars, or reach our fingers back into the soil?
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What Ireland can teach us about sharing space
How beloved places divide themselves, and put themselves back together
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Making the most of the room where it happens
Can Democrats use a presidential address to yank attention away from an autocrat?
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What Elon Musk could learn from my poetry collection
The power and purpose behind a good, if imperfect, bureaucracy
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Little Women, big lessons
My winter with the March family taught me to love more patiently
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Reflections and research on place, politics, poetry, and more.
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