The Last Word

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February 15-19, 2016

Sea glass: a reworked human product returned to the sand from whence it was wrought. There’s less of it now, but you can tell a lot about its origins if you know what to look for.

Designer and writer Matt Steel is working on a simplified version of Thoreau’s Walden, and Michelle supports the experiment.

Ann’s husband died last month, and the empathy she received was an elixir that gave her pain meaning.

It’s disappointing when you’re onto a great story and a new source tells you why it’s not a story at all. Rose argues the lesson to take is to seek out those killjoys on every assignment.

The Arctic Circle is a group that has met monthly for 70 years. I attend for a talk about mercury.

 

Image: Grains of sand from Ireland, candlelit, arranged with an acupuncture needle  Jenny Natusch, www.sandgazer.com

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