Rideshare

October 12, 2019, 5:00 am

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My wire fox terrier and I were walking along a favorite path on a cool autumn morning. Stopping to investigate a patch of tall plants clinging to the steep sides of a ridge that used to carry Virginia Anthracite Coal...... Continue Reading →

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Flat as a Pancake

July 14, 2020, 5:00 am

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Ever notice how many of the colloquialisms we use for comparisons aren't all that apropos, or even true?  Like... graceful as a swan (have you ever seen one on land?) dull as ditchwater (believe me, that liquid is lively at...... Continue Reading →

Blue Period

July 6, 2021, 5:00 am

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Picasso was feeling low. Following the suicide of his friend and occasional roommate, the painter Carles Casagemas, Pablo plunged into a rock-bottom depression that lasted more than 3 years. During this time (1901 to 1904), the vividly extroverted artist faded...... Continue Reading →

Small, Dark & Handsome

August 17, 2021, 5:00 am

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Once upon a time, when I was a girl, I was far more interested in frogs than in fairy tales. I wasn't all that enchanted by the Disney princesses of my 1960s childhood, either — Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty. Maybe...... Continue Reading →