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Ten For Today Revisit: Don Quixote (opens the original)
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(This is an augmented version of a post I originated a few years ago. It’s all still 100% accurate, and 101% written by a human.)Miguel de Cervantes was born on this day in 1547. He is of course widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language. He wrote “The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.” I assume this is as much nonsense in Spanish as it is in English, but it’s beautiful nonetheless. In 1605*, Miguel de
Ten For Today Revisit: No Excuses Day (opens the original)
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(It’s not an excuse per se, but this is an augmented version of something I posted on an earlier No Excuses Day.)Here in Boston, we are experiencing a Nor’easter. It feels like it has been raining for a month. (Just ask Mercy, pictured below in a photo I call “BORED.”)<div class="
Ten For Today: Autumnal Equinox (opens the original)
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(This is an updated version of something I posted on an earlier Autumnal Equinox. Some things change. Some things never change.)Today is September 22, and at 8:04 p.m. EDT, summer ends and fall (colloquially known here as “Sweatah Weathah”) begins in the Northern Hemisphere. Fall is the best season if you ask me, because New England, where I live, is very colorful, and who doesn’t love a comfy wool pullover and a stylish light jacket? Those look good on everyone, whereas summer shorts do NOT loo
Ten For Today Revisit: St. Joseph, Levitating (opens the original)
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(This is a lightly edited version of something I posted on a previous feast day. It’s still scientifically accurate though.)If you have been here a while, you know that I am a secular Catholic, which means I am angry with the Church, but fascinated by its stories. Case in point: Today is the Feast of Saint Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663). This Joseph is not the A-lister Joseph, carpenter, earthly father of Jesus, and patron saint of workers. The latter Joseph is a strong, quiet, dignified figure
Ten For Today Revisit: Sylvia Moy (opens the original)
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