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Two Anecdotes about Paul Violi
The first of these anecdotes comes courtesy of Paul Auster. "Paul Violi told me the funniest story I've ever heard about somebody's childhood," Auster told me. Apparently Paul [Violi] didn't speak until he was…
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Easter Light, by William Zinsser from The American Scholar
Two Sunday mornings ago, one of the last Sundays in the long Lenten season that prepares Christians for the promise of Easter, the reading from the New Testament in my church, St. Bartholomew’s, in…
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Speaking of peeps. Take a look.
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How Peeps Helped Me Develop an Inner Life (by Leslie McGrath)
At this point in life, I’d have to call myself a Gestural Christian. I celebrate only the major holy days, and do this in the most non-religious of ways. Church is not involved. Jesus…
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Bits and bobs: April 24 – 30
Leslie McGrath, whose posts were so popular last January has agreed to return. Welcome back Leslie and thanks! And by the way, you can listen to Leslie read her poem "The Mouth of the…
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“As tensions — and lobsters — boil over”: Last night’s premiere of 24-Hour Restaurant Battle (by Stacey Harwood)
So last night was the season premiere of the Food Networks 24 Hour Restaurant Battle and our great friend Gabriella Gershenson (above, right, with host Scott Conant) is one of the judges. To mark…
