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JIMI HENDRIX, PBS AND CORONAMANIA
Over the past few years, I’ve stumbled upon, and soon clicked away from, a few PBS retrospectives of famous 1960s musicians. The network turns these…
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THE FLOWER TAKER
When I tell people that I manage community gardens, many ask me if people steal stuff that’s grown there. Yes, sometimes they do. Theft understandably…
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COLLEGES FINALLY DROP VAXX MANDATES
I manage a group of community gardens in New Brunswick, New Jersey, home to Rutgers University’s main campus. In Spring, 2021, when VaxxFest was in full…
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VICIOUS CHICKEN KILLERS AND READER SUPPORT
We have egg-laying chickens at our set of New Brunswick, NJ community gardens. We give most of these tasty, deeply orange-yolked eggs to gardeners who…
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PHONY COVID-ERA COLLEGE GRADUATION SPEECHES
When my family traveled to Montreal over twenty years ago, we visited the landmark St. Joseph’s Oratory. This massive church sits on the hill for which…
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ARNOLD ZIFFEL AND READER PLEDGES: THE SEQUEL
From reading some of my stories, you may have suspected that I’m not very electronically adept. For example, I’ve mentioned that I don’t carry a…
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ARNOLD ZIFFEL AND READER PLEDGES
If you’ve read enough of my posts, you know that, as a kid, I liked the TV show, Green Acres. This surrealistic sitcom portrayed a New York City…
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