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Aztecs
In the summer of 1990, I interviewed Dr. John Gofman at a conference at Northwestern University. Gofman, PhD and MD, was speaking about the medical effects of radiation. He had manufactured the first teaspoonful of plutonium for the Manhattan Project, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aztecs, Cortes, Dr. John Gofman, Huitzilopochtli, Mars
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Sunday Morning Coming Down
On my morning Genehouse walk, I was riled enough to not see a thing—just plowed ahead ignoring the sights and sounds. I did note on Stroke Hill that the cicadas were deafening. About six miles in, I called my friend … Continue reading
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Tagged Dayton, El Paso, gun violence, John Paul Stevens, myths, Trump
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Bread
“My mother used to bake bread in the hard times. She would put the warm loaves in a short barrel with a tight lid—to keep the ants away. So this one time, barrel or no barrel, them ants was on … Continue reading
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July 4 Address to the Nation
From our fearless, feckless, fuckless president Donald J. Trump: “In June of 1775, the Continental Congress created a unified Army out of the Revolutionary Forces encamped around Boston and New York, and named after the great George Washington, commander in … Continue reading
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Tagged Cornwallis, Geroge Washington, President Trump, satire, Star Spangled Banner
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Baptized
“Baptized” In the last days of her life, my grandma Olive, confined to an Alton nursing home bed, opened her eyes, saw me (I was visiting from Chicago) and asked: “Are we by that river?” Yes, I told her. “Can … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Jackson, Harriet Tubman, John Wayne western, Oscar Ramirez, Rio Grande, Valeria Ramirez
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Indigo
I hiked into LaVista Park early this morning. June 13, sunny, temperature about sixty-five and a cool north breeze. And the buffalo gnats were dying out. It was a perfect day. Silence. Because the Mississippi River has flooded for nearly … Continue reading
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Tagged flooding, fox snake, Indigo bunting, Joni Mitchell, mallards, Mississippi River, snapping turtle
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The Kingdom of Plastica
“The Kingdom of Plastica” It is the time of the small. Inchworms dangle from trees and arch along pathways, aiming to become geometer moths—carpet, winter, ennominae, peppered, pug. Web strands dangle like high wires across the jungle (woods, but the … Continue reading
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Tagged E.M. Forster, Harriet TubmanBPH, inch worm, Mississippi River, Mnuchin, Ocasio Ortiz
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Jonathan Swiftboat’s A Modest Proposal The Missouri legislature, already known for Whitey, pre-Darwin behavior, in addition to passing a particularly draconian abortion bill, recently decided that Missouri voters were misguided when they voted for a “Clean Missouri,” initiative, a package … Continue reading
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A Death
I don’t want to hear about your hatred of snakes. All humans are born with the fear of reptiles and fear of falling—no doubt cellular memories of our 200,000-year-old ancestors who, if they fell out of their nest trees, perished … Continue reading
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