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  • The Beautiful Word: Repost

    The Beautiful Word: Repost

    This was originally published back in April of 2017, when I couldn’t get enough of yoga: my wife saw the transformation of our bookshelves from “Carol’s Reading Group History” to Jack’s “Who needs to practice yoga when you can just buy books on the subject!” Namaste: (pronounced \NAH-muh-stay). The word comes from Sanskrit and literally means “bowing… Read more

  • The MAGA Yogi: A Six Sentence Story

    The MAGA Yogi: A Six Sentence Story

    I was rolling out my mat at the local yoga studio when the woman next to me said, “Did you know they took down the Gay flag sign on the window of the coffee house across the parking lot? More of that anti-DEI crap, I guess.” It seems everybody in the studio knows I have… Read more

  • A New (Tentative) Diet: A Six Sentence Story

    As of this post, I’m reading Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food―and Our Future by Bruce Friedrich, and while the book has plenty of “we’re killing our planet” moments, it is, for the most part, a positive, forward-thinking book. It has inspired me, like most works on the subject from… Read more

  • God I miss this moment

    God I miss this moment

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  • One more reason why I love Mayor Mamdani

    One more reason why I love Mayor Mamdani

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  • Why I Always Root for Duke: A Six Sentence Story

    Why I Always Root for Duke: A Six Sentence Story

    On weekdays, I used to set my alarm for the last minute, do my bathroom stuff, get dressed, glance at the morning paper, and then walk briskly to the bus stop. Way back in the 90s, when I worked in a warehouse filled with men who loved basketball every March, I would have to listen… Read more