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Passing time in the nation's capital

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

A Christmas Prince

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Like most people at the holiday season, I settled in to watch A Christmas Prince. I haven't made it to a royal wedding yet, but that...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

This evening

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I made you a poster, and it told you the 130 reasons that I was in love with you. Truthfully, it was 122, but I fudged the last eight and h...
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Rainbows

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I used to chase rainbows in the faint glow of a sky streaked by rain. The sky, both muted and vibrant, gathering orange and gold into its...
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Friday, January 5, 2018

Movie Review: Columbus

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It's rare these days that I see something so quiet. In fact, I'm writing about Columbus, a slow movie set in the modernist haven of...
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Friday, December 15, 2017

James Baldwin

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Life is tragic simply because the earth turns, and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

Shadows

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Just like in Peter Pan, the summer I turned twenty-seven, I lost my shadow. He hopped on a train headed east, said he was flying out to Fra...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Winter

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Sometimes in late winter, I feel myself sinking as the leaves do, beneath a thin veil of water. And I try and pull myself up by smiling at ...
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