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Engagement, Commitment, and Fresh Air by
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Prompted By Art’s Impact

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I wanted to join that company.
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Alone Together: From Solitude to Isolation by
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Where did our community go?
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The Big Bang or, Our Cosmic Dawn by
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Prompted By Dawn

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You can't talk about the end until you talk about the beginning.
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Be It Ever So Humble… by
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Both my partner and I often express our desires to return home. Each has a different version of home, having been born in widely separate locations, economic stability, and cultural surroundings. My wife is from Manhattan. She was born in Greenwich Village and, when her family moved to a larger apartment uptown, she continued going…
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Breathe in… Breathe out: Buddha and the Time-Space Continuum by
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Prompted By Ceremony

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Be here now, baby.
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Carrying Retrospect Forward by
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I think we could write this retro Retro piece in synchronous serendipity, so I won’t dwell on a nostalgic past. But Retrospect fills an enormous need and has created a deep and profound community where none had existed before. The timing could not have been better. I joined Retrospect on the eve of the 2016…
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A Eulogy for P-22, a Directionally Challenged Puma by
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As with most mountain lions in our region, P-22 was born in the Santa Monica mountains, probably in 2010. As of 2016, the National Park Service had caught, collared, and released 12 pumas, male and female. They roam in the relatively wild areas of the Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area. There, protected by law,…
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The Prescient Pre-Trumpian Dental Fiasco by
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Prompted By The Dentist

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For three weeks I lay immobilized...
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Standing at the Crossroads* by
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Prompted By Changed My Life

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The world shook beneath my feet and I loved it.
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An Ode to Joy by
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Sometimes, feathering your own nest nearly thrusts you into the next nest over.
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