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Love in the Times of Corona
(and I do hope that Gabriel García Márquez will excuse the misquotation) Wash your hands / keep social distance / wear a mask / don’t make me wear a mask / protest rulings / inject bleach / take hydroxychloroquine / wait for vaccines / don’t ever make me take a vaccine … It saddens me…
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Misleading b-i-n sounds
This funny b-(i)-n sound is quite misleading in its many variations: Vanilla “bean” is actually a pod Coffee “bean” is in fact a seed Human “beings” often die, without ever becoming
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On Ugly Relatives
If beauty is relative to the beholder’s eye, where is the ugly held? Nature beholds beauty — aesthetics, at the very least. It is beauty that attracts, to pair and sustain, whichever species, with a longer tail, a mane, a crown, a walk. The art world promotes the beauty and the ugly. One the one…
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Words at the Opera
“Humans are humans, cast out by the elements, long ago torn from the roots of the earth” — Ježibaba, a witch, in Rusalka, by Antonin Dvořák, libretto from poet Jaroslav Kvapil
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Tomato, Cherry
If I were to make a list of the fruits of nature which I find to be most succulent in taste, most vibrant to eyes and nose, and lively in their abilities to nourish, one gift to the world out of the American continent would be included. I would need to show the vast family…
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Fine Smoking includes some gold, the ego and a Princess
Just make sure your palate is ready, or be mentally willing and able to perceive lots of flavor. Felix AssoulineEGO GoldCountry: NicaraguaBody: Medium High to FullWrapper: Habano ’98 Jalapa, NicaraguaBinder: Habano JalapaFiller: Jalapa and Ometepe NicaraguaType: Traditional RoundAshtray: Princess House
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To Dwell or to Wait
If patience means the virtue of waiting in a relaxed state during a given time, being patient names the manner in which we handle said time frame, without necessarily reflecting an appreciation for the qualities and meaning of what is transpiring. It is not even a given that while being relaxed about the waiting, we…
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