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Do you hold a hero dear? Some ruminations on The Hero

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Naomi

How many times lately have I heard individuals express gratitude for a hero? I’m sort of glad some contemporary heroes are women, and quite appropriately: the original Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite, whose lover, Leander, lived across the Hellespont … Continue reading →

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Did you support Trump but now want to abjure him?

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Naomi

We are hardly the only family struggling with that Trump Voter relative. And we’re hardly the only family who continues to ask that fatal question, “Why on earth would anyone vote for Trump?” Indeed, I spent much of the four … Continue reading →

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Why didn’t I remember Wyoming?

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Naomi

Which is the state hovering under Montana, the one state I couldn’t identify on the US map. Because Wyoming is one of those territories with a smaller population than Washington, DC. As of 2019, Wyoming’s population was 578,759; DC’s was … Continue reading →

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