Author: Bookworm

Suburbs and urbs

My son belongs to a music group that functions in a large urban area, but has suburban satellites. My son trains with one of those satellites. In the days leading up to performances, all of the satellite groups descend on the urban center for final rehearsals. I got to audit

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More on manly men

To a hammer, everything is a nail. Currently, I'm hammering away at the idea of manly men. I did so yesterday in a post that alluded to early posts and articles I've written. Today, I'm doing it in connection with a New York Times article about Paul Greengrass's United 93.

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American values

Baseball, baseball and more baseball today. My son has just started coach pitch, and we seemed to have spent hours watching darling little boys repeatedly missing balls, hitting fouls, wiggling their loose teeth, staring into space, watching in surprise as balls rolled between their feet, getting into tussles with members

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