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Tuesday, June 2, 2026

5 Years Ago: The Peculiar Blindness, Part 5: Missing Dates

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  I'm currently back in the South, so it's timely that I revisit this five-year old post.  Although Juneteenth remains a legal publi...
Monday, May 4, 2026

15 Years Ago: EFL --> Putting in for Georgia

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  Wow. May 2011 marked the start of a remarkable year in the Caucasus .  At this point, I had dotted the I's and crossed the T's on ...
Sunday, May 3, 2026

10 Years Ago: Antigua, Guatemala: Yogurt and Bread

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  My typical food menu remains the same today as it did 10 years ago, as do my prejudices about food trends that purport to perform miracles...
Saturday, May 2, 2026

5 Years Ago: A Thought Experiment: Full-Time Tenting

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Five years ago, I contemplated a life as a full-time tenter.  There's no downside to envisioning different futures in one's head.  I...
Friday, May 1, 2026

2026 Word of the Year: Light: Out of Trauma

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  Light, El Rosario Church, San Salvador, El Salvador. August 2025. Photo credit: Mzuriana . In Spanish, " to give birth " is expr...
Thursday, April 2, 2026

5 Years Ago: Rootless: The Last Monday Letter

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  Five years later, there's nothing more I can add to this. I think of my mom often.  Monday, March 29, 2021 Rootless: The Last Monday L...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Word of the Year 2026: Light: Let in the Light, v.2

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Light enters kitchen window in Mobile, Alabama. June 2022. Photo credit: Mzuri I re-run my 2021 light-therapy post. Today I'm in a diffe...