Category: reading
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It’s pretty easy for me to get ensnared in outrage these days. But pragmatism suggests that it makes more sense to choose appropriate emotional responses, rather than react to every little (or big) thing. I’m returning to my morning ritual: starting the day with poetry rather than news. For that, The Poetry Foundation provides an…
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My mother Irene would be the first to blame good genes for her longevity. After all, her mother, Yvonne, lived to 105, and Yvonne traveled independently until she was about 102, visiting kids, grandkids and greatgrandkids all over Canada and the United States. I think Irene’s love of life and curiosity about the world may…
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When I was a paid laborer, I set an alarm and woke up to the radio, a news program every morning. I liked it better than the pulsing of an alarm, that warm articulate voice bringing the news of the day. Then came the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. It took me, perhaps, a few…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 