Category: Essays and posts
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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys (and their fabulous keepers — trust me, I know them, they’re amazing) prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San…
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Seamus Heaney, “Digging”
Every spring when I turn on the sprinkler system and begin another season of mowing the lawn every week and pretending that one day I’m going to do something about…
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The Parking Lot Movie
Through the magic of Netflix I came across this amazing documentary last weekend. The Parking Lot Movie is a 79-minute meditation on capitalism, sociology, management, class war, and of course,…
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What a Year
I relish the chance to reflect on an ending year, but the past few months have been insanely busy. So without further ado, while it’s still January, here is my…
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Metamorphoses Play at LHS
Saw a brilliant performance of the play Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman at Littleton High School last night. The performance by the super talented cast was very artful, funny and touching. …
Martin Remy 