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CORONAMANIA,GREEN ACRES AND LIVING AMONG LUNATICS
From 1965-71, CBS aired a sitcom entitled Green Acres. The show’s protagonist, Oliver Wendell Douglas, was an NYC lawyer who bought a farm and, several…
Jul 29, 2022
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PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS, CARBS, MARGARINE AND CORONAMANIA
In mid-March, 2020, just as the Scamdemic was beginning, I visited my parents. As often, they were watching the TV news. My 91-year-old mother, who was…
Sep 21
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BEARING WITNESS TO GNAWING TRUTH
One mid-week, early September, 1986 morning, my backpack and I took a ferry from Seattle to Victoria, British Columbia. Upon arrival, I met a Customs…
Sep 14
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TRUSTING OUR OWN EYES
Yesterday, I visited my widowered 95-year-old father, who lives an hour north of me. When I arrived, the TV news loop was, as always, on. Loud…
Sep 7
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PLANTS AND PEOPLE, SICKNESS AND HEALTH, LIFE AND SEASONALITY
As summer winds down, I wanted to write once more about this most lively and evocative season. From early March through early December, I’m outside in…
Aug 31
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GRAND THEFT CORONA
In 1983, I had an apartment on Martin Luther King Blvd. in Newark, New Jersey’s Central Ward. I looked out of place in the neighborhood. But the rent…
Aug 24
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SAME STORY, NEW PHOTO
My wife told me I goofed by posting another picture of her. Just in case you see me walking around. Please come over and say “Hey.” Alt title: Old Man…
Aug 22
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JERSEY SHORE AFTERNOON
Given my food/flower-growing job, I can’t go on summer vacation. Instead, my wife and I pick one afternoon a week—based on the weather—and head to the…
Aug 22
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