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December 10, Frost on the window, ice on the creek (photo gallery)

December 8, Eyes wide open, please….

December 3, The shape of the bruise

November 29, The life of Brian, and other stories…

November 26, Born to be brown (photo essay)

November 22, To survivors, none of this is has felt surprising

November 21, A blue state with deep red ironies

November 18, Yes, Virginia, there is Virtue in the world (still)

November 15, A House call, of sorts…

November 13, Critters (photo essay)

November 10, America, behind the moon

November 7, Gobsmacked

November 5, Let’s take a Walk (photo essay)

November 3, Two phone calls and a blow to the head

October 30, Wide awake in Seattle

October 28, Democracy dies in staff meetings

October 26, Wrens (and friends) (photo essay)

October 24, The crocodile in the recliner

October 22, Al French in the PFAS corn maze

October 19, Ramiro’s question and stories from a tumultuous week

October 13, Florida, a postscript

October 10, Time in a small bottle

October 1, A Respite in the Scablands, and addressing Journalism’s Achilles Heel

September 25, The Year of the Cat