Category: Miscellany
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My occasional pandemic nightmares used to scare me, but lately their pattern has become easy to recognize while sleeping. This change led me to a recording on YouTube of “The Thrill is Gone” by Roy Hawkins.
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Link to reflections by Emily Delaney on how we’re expecting way too much of our afternoon walks in this pandemic.
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Looking forward to a more productive week in quarantine now that martial law and the end of our democracy appear to be off the table for the time being.
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The disturbing emergency alert sound from my phone (for DC’s 4th curfew night) makes me think of an air raid siren. The blaring is an apt metaphor for this presidency.
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Minnesota Governor Walz’s assertion that ongoing riots are no longer about George Floyd ring true in a way. But were they ever about one man? Floyd’s death was certainly no one-off. The protests—and the participation of so many young people—should give pause to those leaders who would gloss over this…
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Photograph: Cold-brewing tea in three one-liter beer mugs on a windowsill.
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Link: “Trump’s authoritarian style is remaking America”
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Photograph: Saco River in Conway, NH, just upstream from the covered bridges on afternoon of December 25, 2019.
