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On labor and work
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I was privy to a phone conversation this week — my step-daughter’s partner is applying for jobs after her recent college graduation. It took me back to 30 years ago when I was in the same boat. Sure, I wanted to find a career-starting job in my college degree field, but I also had to…
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Remembering our veterans
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November 10th is the 246th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps, founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia in 1775 Semper Fi, Marines! And the 11th will be the 102nd anniversary of Armistice Day, proclaimed by Woodrow Wilson in 1919 at the conclusion of World War I, the “war to end all wars.” The day was not…
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Casting out demons
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Louis Melgoza believes in evil spirits, not because he’s read or heard about them, but because he’s heard them, seen them, felt them. He’s fought them. They are real, he says, and they’re all around us. In my All Hallows Eve column, “Talking with the Dead,” I mentioned that a demonologist had told me ghosts were…
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Reaching
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I watched as you climbed a tree todayThe tree was small but so are you.You scrambled among the branchesAs if exploring new and strange lands.You gazed out through the leafless limbsAwed by the views for one so high,Grasping tentatively at each limbAnd cautiously placing your feet for balance.You inched your way ever higherAs I stared…
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Table talk & putting your life on notice
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While lying on the floor recently working out some kinks, I noticed something I had never seen before. On the underside of a bedside table that’s been in our home for at least two decades, there was writing. Intrigued, I scooted closer to read the black stamped lettering: NO X 17 LAMP TABLE SPICE BROWN…
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Chuck Witt: untitled 3
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After resuming painting this still life was an examination of light and shadow. It shows a timidity of style while still working out the nuances of both and grappling with the proper balance of color and void spaces.
