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We’re Baaack!

We were back from France and I needed to go walking. We took a day to settle in, catch up on things like the mail, clear away the spider web over the door camera, adjust the internal clock which jetlag had altered especially for Kristina and Chaz, and the next day, I got dressed and…

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You think you’re safe?

The defense of “just following orders” was most famously rejected during the Nuremberg trials following the capture of the leaders of Germany’s fascist government. May we live to see this kind of accountability again in our lifetimes.

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The Build-Your-Own Salad Bar

The nightmare of government and food. I remained as alert as I could manage to be, noting the signs everywhere. When I entered, I saw that an entrance fee had already been assigned to my tracking number. I almost turned around and left on the spot, except that another sign announced an exit fee to…

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