“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.” James Baldwin, American novelist One of the stories to emerge from Hurricane Florence is precious. A tiny kitten made it out of the flood-ravaged city of New Bern, NC, attached firmly to the shoulder of a man who may or may not have exactly… Continue reading Safe!
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How to not get shot
One second we were walking through the church doors. The next, there were alarm bells. Not long after, there was one very twitchy policeman demanding passwords and phone numbers we did not have. Two more police came and the three of them, guns drawn, barreled into the thankfully empty sanctuary like something out of a… Continue reading How to not get shot
Room to manuever
“He's not safe, but he's good." C.S. Lewis, British author, from "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" The news has a way of making one want to invest in a whole lot of bubble wrap. The kinds of quantities found in stores that mail things off. Rolls and rolls and rolls of the stuff.… Continue reading Room to manuever
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