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Readers Write
Readers Write
Taking Sides
Buying a gun; reading Being Peace, by Thich Nhat Hanh; going to the hole for fifteen days
September 1996Readers Write
Manners
Licking your plate, listening to screams echoing up the stairwell, entertaining yourself
August 1996Readers Write
The Impossible
A prescient daughter, an exhausted and drained nurse, an unlikely marathon runner
February 1996Readers Write
Keys
Reading the rosary, giving a milagro to celebrate, dipping boxer shorts in a freezing lake
January 1996Readers Write
The End Of The Day
A west-facing window and Scotch, the Sacred Order of the Kitchen, photos of the summer solstice
December 1995
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