Getting by, bird by bird*

Note: I wrote most of this post in November of last year and began revising it a few months later. I’m not sure why I’ve been sitting on it for so long. Perhaps because I hoped against hope that the clouds hanging over us would lift—”bird by bird”. They haven’t. Given the events of the […]

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Bye, bye Bootie!

Okay, that’s a joke that only Broadway musical fans of a certain age may get. Or the film that followed. Still, I couldn’t resist. After three weeks, I’ve been liberated from the boot whose daunting purpose was to heal my heel. Homonym lesson, anyone? You learn a lot when you can’t drive, safely climb stairs, […]

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