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Why, with every out breath
A sculpture by Rose B. Simpson at the Whitney Museum “In the beginning, my children objected to my smoking. Then they too picked up the habit.” * We’re flying home from LA. In the row behind us, a small child is asking, “Why,” with every out breath, as if the
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A cat is a noise sink.
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What even can I write?
“Should I look among the living or the dead If I’m searching for you.” — Son Lux, “Lanterns Lit (Among the Living)” * Elena Mikhailovna wanted Kirill, her son, to work for the government as a “chinovnik,” a clerk. ”What does a clerk do?” I asked. “A clerk registers. See here,
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Everyone asks how you met.
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"It's faster if you walk north/south."
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"I've been so good this week."
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"Be gentle with yourselves."
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Subaru, armadillo, tumbleweed
Brooklyn, NY Chincoteague, VA Richmond, VA Lexington, KY Bentonville, AR Amarillo, TX Tucson, AZ Wilcox, AZ Flagstaff, AZ Santa Fe, NM Denver, CO Kearney, NE Rockford, IL Brooklyn, NY * Last winter, we drove to the Grand Canyon and back. I mean Ilya drove. When we turned out the lights in
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My hands are clean, and also full of longing.
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Five ways to reduce the risk of falling
(1) Go outside just as school or camp lets out. When children of all ages are streaming down the Avenue, towing parents or nannies. A father to his kid: “Every day it gets closer to Halloween.” (2) Stand under the willow tree. Tilt your head back, gaze into its cathedral