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posted on
May 7th, 2013
from
Orient Lodge
based in
New Haven

Empty

It is a beautiful spring evening. The dog lies contentedly on the front lawn, underneath an American flag hanging limply in the still air. I glance briefly at the pictures hanging on the wall of ...

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posted on
April 28th, 2013
from
Orient Lodge
based in
New Haven

Woodbridge, RFD

The sky was not as grey on Wednesday as it was on Tuesday. There were patches of blue overhead, but still the horizon was layers of grey, like a Rothko painting of a gray British flannel suit. I ...

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posted on
April 23rd, 2013
from
Orient Lodge
based in
New Haven

R.I.P. Edward Maum Sheehy

"O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,"

It's times like these that I reach for my trusty old beloved collections of poetry. I started the month with T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland: ...

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posted on
April 23rd, 2013
from
Orient Lodge
based in
New Haven

Health, Candidates, and Budgets

Slowly, the electronic devices recharge. It has been a long day. I think Foursquare may have congratulated me on the miles I traveled today. It does that too often. My first event of the day wa ...

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posted on
April 18th, 2013
from
Orient Lodge
based in
New Haven

Random Stuff

It is 9:37 according to the grandfather's clock in the dining room. It has been for several days. I haven't updated my blog since …. and today, my server failed; too much junk piled up in the l ...

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