He lifted it high over his head, as he would the Stanley Cup if he were one of his beloved Boston Bruins celebrating victory, it being a 6-pack of cheap paper towels. Clapping my hands in excitement, visions of all the many spills wiped and cleanings achieved with such treasure danced in my head. But …
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The Devil's Arithmetic is a concept found on both sides of World War II's concentration camps; for the meaning to the interned, see the book of the same title by Jane Yolen. For the Nazis, it was a careful calculation of how little prisoners could be fed, clothed, and housed before they died of starvation …
Last week we were meant to be on holiday, so our Social Distancing was more of a long, lazy West Wing binge, with intermittent movies thrown in. Staying in and watching movies, walks, working jigsaw puzzles, and reading is pretty much our jam but it is remarkable how readily we slide into abject sloth. Or …
Southern Fried Californian 