Category: Maps

Where o where

Mixed Bag

July 11, 2022 One evening in Delaware a couple weeks ago, Ma and I couldn’t quite agree on where north was. I pointed that-a-way, while she was sure it was over there. “I’ve lived in this town all my life. I know where north is.” I get that, but my phone’s compass didn’t see it her way. “Something must be wrong with your phone.” Nonetheless, last week I put my faith in the very same […]

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Gone but Not Forgotten

At last, tomorrow is the start of Ember’s and my long-awaited camping trip. I’m excited. She’s not. That’s what she told me, with her usual honesty, during a video chat last night. Eleni says Em alternates between anticipation and anxiety. She seems wary of leaving the familiarity of parents, sibs and pets. Indeed, they’ve been an exceptionally tight-knit unit during their isolation for the past 1.5 years of Covid. Their attachment to one other must […]

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The Weight of the World

News over the past days has been brutally painful. Haiti: how much suffering can one country take? Afghanistan: the horror for those who can’t escape. Covid deaths of fully vaccinated adults and, lately, young children. And that’s just a small slice of the world’s troubles. People on every continent are mired in catastrophe of one sort or another, while the US itself spirals daily into more terrifying and dangerous terrain. Me, I’m lucky to be […]

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More Fun with Words

You know from past posts that I collect quotations, mixed metaphors and malapropisms. It’s been ages since I updated my list. Here are some of the recent wonders I’ve had the pleasure of stumbling upon. Book review on Amazon Suddenly she sees the girl, now a rich, beautiful socialist (every thing Claire wants to be) and suddenly plots her revenge. Etsy review Packaged fairly well, arrived in a timely manor.  Facebook post RIP in peace. […]

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