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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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Place Poem: "Scotch Tape Body" by Ron Padgett
Some professional navel gazing from my native New England
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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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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 Ireland can teach us about sharing space
How beloved places divide themselves, and put themselves back together
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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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The day my country broke my heart
Being able to quantify the anguish over January 6th doesn't make it any easier to bear
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We three kings of Orient probably aren't
A brief Christmas poem to tide us over until next week
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The tyranny of noisy politics
Our previously-scheduled "moment of silence" has been postponed indefinitely.
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Navigating the "Narrows" on Election Day
Perspective is tough hold onto when stakes are this high
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One long, ridiculous year of You Are Here
A look back at a few highlights for new subscribers
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Sealing the golden door behind us
A quintessential American poem offers an alternative to the nativism on display at the RNC
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