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IDYLL: a simple descriptive work in prose or poetry that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or which suggests a mood of peace and contentment. One of the things going on in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, perhaps the main thing, has to do with the essential decency and indecency of human beings.…
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Last night, just before sunset, a deer appeared on the shore. Not a good thing in daylight. She was wet and confused and kept to the surf line. We see deer tracks frequently in the sand on our morning walks, but never the two deer themselves. This one moved along just fine, though she…
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Today I will bake rolls and roast green beans. My mother would have made lamb, but we are vegetarian and I have a casserole of mac&cheese already made and ready to go in the oven. I found fresh blueberries on our weekly grocery run, so there will be a pie. No ice cream, but blueberry…
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Nurses, doctors, firefighters, the EMTs who answer calls, ambulance drivers, therapists, technicians, and pharmacists. A local hospital administrator must leave her infant son to ensure medical care is available for the rest of us. Like other essential services, children need education and local teachers are still at work, striving to accomplish what they can without…
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“How long the coronavirus can survive on surfaces “The researchers behind the new study tested the virus’ life span in a 71-degree-Fahrenheit room at 65% relative humidity. After three hours, the virus had disappeared from printing and tissue paper. It took two days for it to leave wood and cloth fabric. After four days, it…
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Idiot Drivers I drive a small car, my husband’s little red Honda Civic hatchback, and one thing I that makes me crazy is when drivers of giant SUVs come right up behind me and tailgate. A couple of days ago I was driving home from work and an SUV merged from highway 26 onto highway…
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Essayist and memoirist William Kittredge was born in Portland, Oregon but lives now in Missoula, Montana, I think. He did a presentation at my first MFA residency about writing an essay. He insisted that he couldn’t tell anyone how to write an essay, and then he did. Define a problem by telling a story about…
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Explain this, as of 4 6 April: 219,564 residents in Jackson County; 2133 2269 tests; 33 confirmed cases, still no dead 346,868 residents in Marion County; 1567 1716 tests; 188 198 confirmed cases, 5 dead In Jackson county, as of 4 April, Oregon had managed to complete 1 test for each 102 residents. In Marion county,…
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