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  • An Old Guy Takes Some Lessons From ‘An Old-Fashioned Girl’

    An Old Guy Takes Some Lessons From ‘An Old-Fashioned Girl’0

    Why does someone past the Psalmist’s “threescore years and ten” find himself entranced by a 150-year-old novel aimed at adolescents, namely, Louisa May Alcott’s “An Old-Fashioned Girl”? The credit or blame – take your pick – for this infatuation lands on a friend whose passion is for older fiction aimed at young readers, like the

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  • An Old Guy Looks at Coronavirus

    An Old Guy Looks at Coronavirus0

    Ignorant. That word might well serve as my middle name. I know little of science, though my college professors taught me physics and biology. Higher mathematics is beyond my ken, though I minored in math in college. I recognize the names and the general ideas of certain philosophers, but can’t readily reconstruct Plato’s ideas about

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  • An Ode to the Fathers in My Life

    An Ode to the Fathers in My Life1

    Father’s Day is a day that brings up a full spectrum of feeling for me. This is true for several reasons: One, my relationship with my own father was complicated. Two, I’ve had many father figures who filled in where my father left a void: two grandfathers, a father-in-law, a stepfather, and, of course, my

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  • An Ode to Simple Meals

    An Ode to Simple Meals43

    At my bridal shower several summers ago, I was presented with a book of hand-written recipes cobbled together from the women I knew, and even those I didn’t, as several of my great-grandmother’s recipes made an appearance in the book, thanks to my aunt. That recipe book has been one of the greatest of my

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  • An Ode to Amateur Recitals

    An Ode to Amateur Recitals29

    Sitting in my winter coat, a Styrofoam cup of tea in hand, I listened in awe as the orchestra on stage finished Gustav Holst’s “Jupiter.” Nearby, several friends of mine sat in similar joyous awe, taking in the music. This was a regular Friday or Saturday evening occurrence during my college years. Thanks to the

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  • An OB/GYN’s Perspective on the COVID-19 V*ccine

    An OB/GYN’s Perspective on the COVID-19 V*ccine4

    Dr. Kimberly Biss is an exception to the rule of self-interested medical professionals’ ignoring COVID-19 vaccine adverse reactions. The Florida-based OB/GYN is one of very few doctors of her type across the nation who are speaking out against the COVID-19 vaccines. And in her professional experience, she’s seen how harmful these vaccines can be, especially

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