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    What Are Words Worth?
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    • 4 days ago
    • 4 min

    What Are Words Worth?

    “I think our collective problem is that there are so many writers now ... that the effort to become known ... becomes an obsession."
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    Baby It's Hot Outside
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    • Jul 23
    • 4 min

    Baby It's Hot Outside

    But the biggest obstacle, by far, to combating climate change is the voters, Rampell says.
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    Rollin' on the (Rapid-Strewn) River
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    • Jun 22
    • 4 min

    Rollin' on the (Rapid-Strewn) River

    Amazon. The word has several meanings. It was a legendary race of female warriors whom, the ancient Greeks believed, raised havoc in...
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    An Affair To Remember
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    • May 25
    • 4 min

    An Affair To Remember

    When he arrived and partook of the performances, he was astonished. The quality was of the highest caliber.
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    New Blood Edition, New Website
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    • Mar 11
    • 4 min

    New Blood Edition, New Website

    My new website, featuring the new edition of Blood on Their Hands, is up and running months after publication of the first edition ceased.
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    Calamity Eve?
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    • Dec 24, 2021
    • 6 min

    Calamity Eve?

    Herewith, my annual Christmas letter: Christmas Eve, 2021 Dear Readers, The other day, I was walking in my condo complex when I spotted...
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    The Long and Short of It
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    • Dec 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Long and Short of It

    George Saunders In middle and high school literature classes, I remember grousing about having to look for the “hidden meanings” in short...
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    ‘Twas the Night After Turkey
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    • Nov 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    ‘Twas the Night After Turkey

    Lubben Brothers The evening air under clear skies had just enough of a nip to be bracing, and the mix of folk, light rock and hints of...
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    A Time to Read
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    • Oct 21, 2021
    • 5 min

    A Time to Read

    Good thing I took a book with me to Nicaragua, because I didn’t take my email password. The book is The Grass Is Singing, by the late...
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    Time for Justice
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    • Sep 9, 2021
    • 3 min

    Time for Justice

    A letter on the editorial page of the Palm Beach Post at the end of August so incensed me that I determined to write a newsletter about...
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    A Pain in the Arm?
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    • Aug 11, 2021
    • 5 min

    A Pain in the Arm?

    A novel idea occurred to me the other day. Excuse me, I don’t mean I got an idea for writing another novel, not just after finishing the...
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    Fascism — Fast Forward
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    • Jun 23, 2021
    • 6 min

    Fascism — Fast Forward

    On the heels of the awarding of the Pulitzer Prize to the teenager who videotaped the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis,...
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    Untitled
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    • May 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    Untitled

    On my trip in March to Costa Rica for dental implants, I found a book, E.M. Forster’s A Room With a View, left in a drawer where I E.M....
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    A Second Chance
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    • May 6, 2021
    • 1 min

    A Second Chance

    If you’re a procrastinator like me, you often miss out on great opportunities. So you may have delayed entering a contest to win 45+...
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    Free Books!
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    • May 2, 2021
    • 1 min

    Free Books!

    Hello y’all out there in reader land. ‘Fraid I’ve been remiss in letting you know about this great opportunity to win so many free...
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    To Believe or not to Believe, That Is the Question
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    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 5 min

    To Believe or not to Believe, That Is the Question

    Rob Eagar An elderly woman who lives in my condo complex told me her mother had advised never to talk about religion or politics, a...
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    FREE BOOK
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    • Apr 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    FREE BOOK

    Hello again, y’all. I seem to be hopping around on this newsletter like the Easter bunny, who always gets energized this time of year....
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    Easy Writer
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    • Apr 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Easy Writer

    After I posted an article about the coincidental ways in which several ostensibly disparate elements came together on the Easter weekend,...
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    Uncanny Easter Parade
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    • Apr 4, 2021
    • 3 min

    Uncanny Easter Parade

    David Fitzgerald While deleting a huge backlog of emails to avoid paying a Google fee on this Easter weekend, I ran across an internet...
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    Hasta la Costa Rica, Baby!
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    • Mar 20, 2021
    • 6 min

    Hasta la Costa Rica, Baby!

    “These vagabond shoes, they’re longing to stay.” San Jose, Costa Rica That wasn’t a typo. If I keep having the kind of experiences like...
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