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The Silver in Your Pocket Ain’t No Measure of a Man – Survivor’s “Poor Man’s Son”
Given the profundity of the lyrics, perhaps we should listen more closely to what teenagers pulse through their earbuds....
Eavesdropping in Holladay
As a reporter and writer, sometimes I need to walk the streets of effervescent Holladay. For the purposes of...
COVID-19 – A Time of Poets and Philosophers
None of us particularly likes facing, “the dirty lowdown” within ourselves; however, now is the time to do it....
Blessed are the Peacemakers
Alex, your memory follows me like the Christian scriptures of my youth. Peacemakers like you are rare, and you...
Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” – An Explication of Grief
I posit that Adagio for Strings is not only "a stepwise motion," but a stepwise motion akin to climbing...
Fulfilling the Measure of Our Creation – How Animals Embody This Sacred Trust
When we were in the mountains, my father once mused that animals, trees, stones, and other wonders of the...