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Making something

What do you do when the world is burning. When you surface from uneasy dreams to find yourself in a house engulfed in flames, room gorged with smoke and fire alarm broken. When calls to your elected representatives–all Republicans, or not–are met with stock replies. When the words of your op-ed turn to ashes in…

Fiddling while Rome burns

OK, OK. So it wasn’t a fiddle that Nero played while the city of Rome went up in flames. It may have been a lyre, or a kithara, but definitely not a fiddle. The violin had yet to be invented.  Nero was reportedly in nearby Antium when the fire broke out. He rushed to Rome and…

The gift of silence

How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given.(“O Little Town of Bethlehem,” Phillips Brooks) I am stopped cold, in mid-sentence. At the top of my laptop screen a small black rectangle reads: Trying to connect…. Reconnecting…. I sit and wait to be reconnected with the personal hotspot on my iPhone. Wait for inspiration to…

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