Author: Jo

Julie’s Pal

So we were all sitting around Julie’s London flat, listening while she stretched out on the floor and read aloud from Time magazine denouncing the fracas [...]

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Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl

Christmas and year’s end sticks me with existential mood and thought. Though not much of a believer, there have been moments when some uncanny happenstance [...]

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When in Neo-Rome, Do As the Romans Did

Ancient Romans had problems surprisingly similar to some that Americans face: a comparison often made, but is it completely accurate?  In some ways, a more [...]

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We Are Charlie!

January of 2015 in Paris terrorists sneaked into the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and slaughtered eight of its staff, including the [...]

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