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Raining words and remonstration 8 Jun 2013 | 02:37 am
The rain falls, and falls, and falls some more. The sky showers invective like a prophet of Israel. The storm lightens and I think it will end, but it has only paused for breath before resuming its ti...
A cultural sleep 4 Jun 2013 | 06:48 am
Jessica Gamble describes new techniques and technologies whose inventors would radically reduce or eliminate the human need for sleep: Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) is a promising tec...
The insignificance of man in the face of modern magazine publishing 31 May 2013 | 09:10 pm
Nothing demonstrates to a man his ultimate insignificance in the Great Economy like his inability to unsubscribe from a magazine. (All right, fine: Lots of things demonstrate to a man his ultimate ins...
A loss for words 22 May 2013 | 02:29 am
This week I had to deal, second-hand, with someone deeply, personally, angrily offended by the indiscriminate use of vulgar language — not mine, and the circumstances really aren’t all that interestin...
Nine miles along the Eno River 13 May 2013 | 12:28 am
On Friday I hiked the portion of North Carolina’s Mountains to Sea Trail that runs along the Eno River, about nine miles from Roxboro Road in Durham through West Point on the Eno Park, across Guess Ro...
Ordinary miracles 2 May 2013 | 05:01 am
Saturday afternoon my daughter and I volunteered on a local farm tour, at a farm where the two main attractions are goats and pickles. I’ve got a cabinetful of pickles at home, but no goats, and I fig...
Cheap poetry, April 2013 1 May 2013 | 06:25 am
If you’re new to this, read the Cheap Poetry Manifesto. Scattered on the path, the maple blossoms Drops of blood shed by the spring’s new birthing. The rain will wash it clean, baptize the season. The...
An unfortunate accident 26 Apr 2013 | 08:19 pm
Your wobbly letters on the little jars, The i’s like lollypops, the g’s like smiles, From your younger self alert the nose: This one cumin, that one coriander, Saffron, sumac, cardamom, paprika– No, t...
Cheap poetry, January–March 1 Apr 2013 | 07:54 pm
It was a slow winter for poetry, but here’s the roundup. If you’re new to this, read the Cheap Poetry Manifesto. The decorations are put away in pieces and in bitses but the holiday ain’t over ’til we...
Do convenience foods undermine the family dinner? 14 Mar 2013 | 07:46 am
A study finds that "The consumption of preprepared convenience foods, many of which are packaged as individual meals, stand alongside busy schedules as a root factor in undermining dinner as a family ...
