there is a season

It turns out that it is not especially difficult, as a person (admittedly self-diagnosed) of approximately reasonable levels of functional sanity, to become deeply paranoid and want to stay under the bed.  “The Universe is trying to teach me a lesson” is the kind of thing I might be tempted to think.  “Don’t Tell [...]

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roots of light

Years and years ago, my oldest sister gave me a little dog.  On the one hand, it was excellent timing: I had just dealt the final, severing blow to a longtime, fraught relationship and was living alone in a big city.  It was nice to enjoy the company of a furry little non-judgmental mammal [...]

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the great sauce caper

caper, n. 1.     to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol. 2.     a prank or trick; harebrained escapade. 3.     a frivolous, carefree episode or activity. 4.     a spiny shrub, Capparis spinosa,  of Mediterranean regions, having roundish leaves and solitary white flowers. 5.     its flower bud which is pickled and used [...]

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