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Sep 14

J is a Unit of Energy

The grandchildren were all youngsters when their grandpa — my dad — died. They certainly were not interested in sorting through the belongings he left behind, which were primarily books and baseball caps and a decent start on tracing his family’s Irish lineage and immigration, plus files of correspondence and…

Weddings

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J is a Unit of Energy
J is a Unit of Energy
Weddings

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Sep 5

Un-serious Food

Wonderfully, over the last week, many different people have cooked for me. Cooking does all the things: builds confidence, creates connections, the whole giving-and-recieving dynamic, plus it’s delicious and keeps us alive. There is no downside to this kind of intimate act of ‘here, eat this’, regarding food someone cooks…

Cooking

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Un-serious Food
Un-serious Food
Cooking

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Aug 10

Underside of August

Right before a rainstorm hits, leaves on the local trees turn over and show their underside (we used to say they ‘turned inside-out’) and you know it’s about to pour. Maybe that’s just a northeast-Ohio-thing, which I find is true about a lot of my longheld practices. If you grew…

Weather

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Underside of August
Underside of August
Weather

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May 21

Now, and Later

That whole every-end-is-a-beginning thing is happening, particularly for those of us in higher education. Graduation-time is always packed with all the emotions, and for this class, our 23s, it’s just a little bit extra. Without question, we asked a metric ton of these 23s. The lifting and carrying they have…

Graduation

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Now, and Later
Now, and Later
Graduation

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Apr 23

From the Dead-End

We raised our kids on a dead-end street, blocks from the local high school and vibrant village, uphill from the park with free concerts at the ampitheater, running trails, playgrounds, baha trails in the woods, and in earshot of the football field that two different programs called their home-field and…

Civility

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From the Dead-End
From the Dead-End
Civility

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Mar 26

How the Delta Lies

I went to Mississippi this month. I am never coming back. Oh, I’m back, but I’m not the same. Even when we were there, we sometimes could only process what we were learning by saying ‘that’s so Mississippi.’ Sometimes that is still the answer — incomplete, and completely true. The…

Civil Rights

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How the Delta Lies
How the Delta Lies
Civil Rights

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Feb 16

The Rumble and the Roar

People write songs about trains. Majestic, mysterious, powerful, ominous, formidable, romantic — trains are all the things. But few people desire to live near traintracks or rail yards. Homes near tracks and yards are worth less than comparable homes elsewhere. Deisel fumes and toxic dust lead to increased risk of…

Railways

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The Rumble and the Roar
The Rumble and the Roar
Railways

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Jan 1

Now. Here. This.

Well, it was a year, all right. Like most of us, there have been better, and there have been worse. This year, though, I promised to be IN IT. To not be leveled by the hits that seem to just keep coming, to rally, speak truth into action, show up…

Year In Review

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Now. Here. This.
Now. Here. This.
Year In Review

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Nov 2, 2022

A Mighty Front Porch

My own faith journey is messy, complicated, a work-in-progress. But it does exist, it is unfolding. Not long ago, I heard that old stalwart hymn, “A Mighty Fortress is Our God” reframed to include thinking of God as a place of protection and shelter rather than an actual ‘fortress’. Not…

Cancer

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A Mighty Front Porch
A Mighty Front Porch
Cancer

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Oct 2, 2022

Peace through Mis En Place

Most of us cook because we have to feed the people in our house, or just ourselves. There is a love/hate synergy with cooking, and if you are Team H, well, the advent of food delivery apps was probably a gamechanger for you. For those of us on the Love…

Cooking

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Cooking

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