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I used to love cemeteries. Now I don’t

I used to love cemeteries. Now I don’t. When I was younger, walking through a cemetery satisfied my need to feel one with history. Because living in America isn’t like Europe. There, your feet travel the same cobblestone paths that dozens of generations before you did. But here, cemeteries seem like the only place that has any concentration of structural history. My love for cemeteries died when too many of my loved ones were put into the ground. The other day I visited the gravesite of my childhood girlfriend, Laurie Rooney. She grew up across the street from me and […]

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On Elections and Cemeteries

I used to love cemeteries. Now I don’t. When I was younger, walking through a graveyard satisfied my need to feel one with history. Because living in America isn’t like Europe. There, your feet travel the same cobblestone paths that dozens of generations before you did. But here, cemeteries seem like the only place that has any concentration of structural history. My love for cemeteries died when too many of my loved ones were put into the ground. The other day I visited the gravesite of my childhood girlfriend, Laurie Rooney. She grew up across the street from me and passed when […]

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I belong to a neighborhood Listserv in Washington, DC

I belong to a neighborhood Listserv in Washington, DC. The following email was sent around to members this morning, accompanied by a surveillance video titled, Greedy Halloween Kids. “We put a large bowl of candy out last night for Halloween so we could take our 6-year daughter around for trick or treating. Less than an hour later a pair of kids showed up with a large backpack and emptied the entire bowl. If you recognize the kids in this video link below, please let them know they are not welcomed on Garrison St next year.” I was horrified when I […]

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Would you please stop with the meanness?

I belong to a neighborhood Listserv in Washington, DC. The following email was sent around to members this morning, accompanied by a surveillance video titled, Greedy Halloween Kids. “We put a large bowl of candy out last night for Halloween so we could take our 6-year daughter around for trick or treating. Less than an hour later a pair of kids showed up with a large backpack and emptied the entire bowl. If you recognize the kids in this video link below, please let them know they are not welcomed on Garrison St next year.” I was horrified when I […]

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