Personal STORIES
Visitation
Decades ago, the first time I watched a moose swimming on Webb Lake in Weld, Maine, I had no idea how to help the poor thing out in the middle of a near mile wide stretch of water. If it started to founder and go down, I’d never get it into my small canoe, and a moose may not…
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Fledging
“There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: one is roots, the other is wings.” Hodding Carter
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Gaslit
In her book, “The Golden Road” written in 1913, the author of “Anne of Green Gables,” Lucy Montgomery, wrote, “Nothing is ever really lost as long as we remember it.” The quandary, of course, is we must remember what it is we shouldn’t forget.
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Faces
“In her face, I saw such things as make me say, ‘Now God, who made such a one, be praised.’” Dante, La Vita Nuova When I look at Rita, I see her face. Always have.
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Background & Perspective
Migration
Making America Great Again means returning to the embracing kindness and welcome of our better nature, not the xenophobia, mistrust, envy, and animus that informs much of the debate on these issues, especially in social media and on the internet.
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Coming Home
Another perspecitive on one our most troubling issues. Is there a more comprehensive and just solution to our immigration controversy?
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Lion (Part Two)
Pope Leo XIV and many others recognize an existential challenge that questions our understanding of human anthropology and will fall upon us ready or not. It’s not an “if” question but is already among us.
Understanding what’s coming is essential to us all.
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No Woodchucks
An absence of woodchucks and their pups is an ephemeral disappointment. There are far worse disappoinments and worsening tragedy.
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