Category: Ephemera

The local coyotes

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I have mentioned our local coyotes before, I think. But their presence always surprises me: this is not the Wild West. This is Ohio. They’re howling down the hill now over unknown things. They love this particular area because one of our neighboring couples has miniature horses and donkeys as domestic pets. They have two miniature horses … Continue reading The local coyotes

My dad’s sayings

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I don’t know how dad got from the Aquinas of his youth to the philosophy summed up in one of his favorite sayings — “Everybody’s got to be somewhere” — but get there he did. Throughout my childhood, he said this frequently. To my mother looking up a phone number. To his friends, wondering where … Continue reading My dad’s sayings