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Islands
We are mostly unknowns to each other – and, I would argue, mostly unknowns to our individual selves. How many dark unexplained pockets exist in my own being.
Michael Bettencourt

The Wee People
You're probably reading this just before and maybe after the electoral circus in the United States. Hope against hope, however the finale turned out, anxiety floats through the air like a sewer gas.
Arthur Danin Adler

Cauliflower Follies
Miracle of miracles I just woke up and it's 8:30 AM. I set my new electric blanket for one hour and that was at about 4:30 AM. Y’all probably know I've been having some issues. 
Claudine Jones

It Feels So Good Again: Rediscovering the Music of Chuck Mangione
Hearing the opening notes of "Feels So Good" instantly
transports me back to a different era.
Warm, melodic, and unmistakably optimistic.
 
Les Marcott

Nothing Like the Sun
A new exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library
reveals unexpected diversity in both Shakespeare’s London
and in his ongoing influence.

Gregory Luce

These Are a Few of My Favorite Facts
You'll win many a wager with my favorite trivia question:
How long did it to take to build
the Empire State Building?
Patrick Walsh

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November 2026

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