What lies behind us or what lies before us are small matters when compared to what lies inside us.Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  • Better Than a President?

    Like my cohorts I grew up with Ted Kennedy being part of the political landscape, taking his presence for granted in a way, and like so many others the news of his having a malignant brain tumor saddens me. I could indulge thoughts like what a pity or what a loss, but I’d rather celebrate…

  • Arisha’s Love

    It was Arisha’s first birthday and except for the few weeks she went to India, she’s seen me everyday of her life. I live next door and she knows me better than any other adult besides her parents. So it was natural that at her party she would go to me in a way she…

  • Who’s the Offender?

    As I entered the drug store this afternoon, a man, obviously homeless, with long dirty disheveled hair and carrying a dirty blanket the way Charlie Brown from Peanuts would have, dragging it behind him, was just ahead of me. We weren’t even all the way inside when a man carrying his purchases–I couldn’t help notice…

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