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11/3/22: ASL Slipped Through My Fingers

Posted on November 4, 2022 by maryangelis

American Sign Language (ASL) is not a language of mine, and I have no background or proficiency in Deaf communities or cultures. This account is sure to contain mistakes in terminology and perceptions. I apologize and will correct this account … Continue reading →

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10/28/2022: She Moved Through the Fair

Posted on October 28, 2022 by maryangelis

Note: As always, any character details have to be pastiched around with great care for everybody’s sake. A white Spitz might be borrowed from Chekhov, and might really be a red Pomeranian. Who knows? That sort of thing. If any … Continue reading →

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10/23/22: Best Intentions, Best-Laid Plans

Posted on October 23, 2022 by maryangelis

This weekend a major self-cheering campaign was in order. Where to start?? Well, there is always some task worth doing, and always some person worth reaching out to for company. Well, there’s our good senior neighbor who makes her careful … Continue reading →

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10/19/22: AQI 251

Posted on October 21, 2022 by maryangelis

That was Wednesday’s alert on airnow.gov for the atmospheric presence of Fine Particulate Matter. For the day, the local news said we had the worst air quality of any city in the world. To be fair, it’s not yet winter. … Continue reading →

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10/18/22: Autumn, curious and fleeting

Posted on October 18, 2022 by maryangelis

After work I should have walked home all the way. Instead I felt sluggish and heavy somehow, and couldn’t summon the enthusiasm to schlep along for 66 blocks with the usual assortment of Mason jars, library books, and everything else. … Continue reading →

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10/9/22: The Loneliness Sermon, This Time Around

Posted on October 9, 2022 by maryangelis

There was nothing wrong with The Loneliness Sermon two weeks ago at the strong Bible-based church up the road. It’s just that I figured that The Sermon was a specialty for the Catholic and Orthodox instead. In this church I … Continue reading →

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9/26/22: Fruit & Folks

Posted on September 27, 2022 by maryangelis

To the management at our treasured open air produce store, the folks matter more than the fruit. At Fruit & Folks, that greengrocer façade is just the axis for a harmonic convergence of interesting people who come together to explore … Continue reading →

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9/24/22: Salutary Bitterness: St. Theophan and the Melon of Mystery

Posted on September 24, 2022 by maryangelis

The big excitement around here today was a tour of a very unique international garden of food and medicinal herbs. The prettiest of them all were these scarlet runner beans. The inner prompting for this trip (Guardian angel? Maybe!) was, … Continue reading →

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9/23/22: Farm Tour. Paul’s Second Epistle to Timothy

Posted on September 23, 2022 by maryangelis

A local research farm sponsored a short community tour. The farm was a mention on the radar here and there, but I’d never paid it any mind. As farms go it’s pretty small, under two acres, smack in the city … Continue reading →

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9/22/22: Tomato Hijinks and Women at Supper

Posted on September 22, 2022 by maryangelis

In our last episode, the goal was to save tomato seeds for next year. To review: one can cut tomatoes lengthwise, and then squeeze or scrape the tomato seeds and their juice and gel into a glass jar, top up … Continue reading →

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