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ponytail memories and silver linings
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Britton Gildersleeve
As a young child, I had very long hair. I wore it either in braids, or in a ponytail; it did look quite a bit like the tail of a Shetland pony. Long, blond, and constantly in motion. I wasn’t a child of stillness. As I grew, I still wore my hair long — putting…
horoscopes, adversaries, ball chairs
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Britton Gildersleeve
True confessions: I read my horoscope. Almost every day. And weekly, too. I check out what’s in the paper, and then on Wednesdays I read Free Will Astrology to see what it says. This week, it says I might want to reconsider being the antagonist, or adversary, in a relationship. Now, someone might want to…
memory, elephants, friendship
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Britton Gildersleeve
You may already have seen the PBS video on Shirley & Jenny, two elephants who never forgot each other. It’s not recent — at least 10 years old. But it was new to me. Elephants have totemic significance in my family. They were beloved of my mother, and we all indulged her. As a result,…
a message from a fellow First Amendment follower
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Britton Gildersleeve
A friend sent me a blog post from a blogger I don’t follow. And what Mr. Lake had to say (he’s the blogger) had to say resonated deeply. I’m the kind of person who donated money for free speech during the trials of Nazis in Skokie, Illinois. Knowing what I do now about hate speech,…
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