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Happy Friday the 13TH

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Friday the 13th. Superstition, generally more fun and not as dangerous as the stereotype — the man in the hoodie, the women in the short skirt, the smart Asian. A great song too. Happy Friday the 13th.

Death Reminds Us

What is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics

Baltimore native, Poet Adrienne Rich, has died. I have her book, Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law: Poems 1954-1962. It was one of many things given to me by my grandmother — long before she passed. The copy she left me (a collectible) was not read but boxed away for when I …

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Strange Fruit Redux

THE MYTH OF POST RACIAL AMERICA

I’m sitting here contemplating Florida’s law. You know the one that allows any clinically paranoid racist to defend himself against the unarmed black man by pursuing and murdering that man in cold blood. Comprehension regarding this case has yet to reveal itself to me. I sit here thinking Southern Man …

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Tuesday Night

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Thank You Maryland

Crown - Sparkly

I now have an excuse to splurge on these, or hope someone sends me a pair for free, to wear as I attend Ben and Matt’s wedding next February.