Month Published: August, 2020
Thoughts about the strength, vitality and growth of our community.
MIXER
August 28, 2020
It was 1965, and I was a freshman at Wesleyan. In those days, the freshmen (all men) were housed in the dormitories on Foss Hill. Twenty-two ...
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CASTE, AND UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS
August 21, 2020
The hot new book on the anti-racism scene is Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson. Ms. Wilkerson is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and National ...
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THE CANS
August 14, 2020
Part 1 The redeemable cans and bottles were piling up. When our son lived with us, it was his job to take them to Stop & ...
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THUMBS UP
August 7, 2020
I took off on my customary three-mile walk on Saturday morning. I was in shorts, a tee shirt, walking shoes and my fabulous American flag sun-hat ...
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