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The Real Deal
Back in the beginning of the twenty-first century, when I was newly divorced, I used to go and listen to live rock and roll music. Sometimes I would go to big concert venues where I would be one of...
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The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
In the days since Christmas, I’ve made a conscious decision to enjoy the decorations and lights of the season here at my house. Every day at 4:00 p.m. I’ve plugged in the “candles” in the windows;...
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Outside the Counting House
A Dickensian fog surrounded the old hometown yesterday; my iPhone couldn’t photograph it, so I’m featuring a friend’s image sent by text message. “At length the hour of shutting up the counting-house...
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If you are an astute blog reader, you have noticed a change in blog content over the past six years. In my early days of blogging, I chronicled my relocation dream. I wanted to kick the Hampton Beach...
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The House of Big Salads
On April 28, the Pickwick Club, Maine’s only Charles Dickens reading club, will reconvene to discuss Jenny Hartley’s book Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women. Perhaps you don’t know a lot...
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The Better Angels
In these late days of civilization, the internet provides us with an opportunity to connect the words we speak and write with their sources. For instance, when I titled this blog post “The Better...
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