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Peacemas is just around the corner!

Peacemas is just around the corner!

Fall has finally arrived in Florida! Our temperatures took a nosedive last night (prompting Toni and I to have our weekly Duolit meeting fireside) and with the change in the air, it was hard not to hear the tinkling of jingle bells lingering just around [Read more…]

The world that was and the world that is.

The world that was and the world that is.

There is a brass plaque bound tightly to a moment in time–8:45 a.m.–on September 11, 2001. What came before that moment belongs in a separate column, in a separate world, than what has come after. It’s a simple fact. In the world that was: Labor [Read more…]

The journey never ends.

The journey never ends.

It was one o’clock in the morning eastern time on August 18, 2001 and I was on an airplane somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. The sun was rising above the clouds beyond my window while the stranger beside me snored loud enough to wake up [Read more…]

Bluegrass is beautiful

Bluegrass is beautiful

I love to travel but find that my constraints (job+empty bank account) often leave me unable to get away as often as I’d like. As a writer, I especially enjoy visiting new places with new cultures and new vistas ripe with inspiration. So naturally, when [Read more…]