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Always With the Back and Forth

We wrap up the blog this year first with some personal, albeit fuzzy history — ’cause write what you know, they say, or at least what you can remember or make up — before sliding seamlessly (we hope) into a peek at the future. ‘Cause, as we run up against the end of another year,… Read More Always With the Back and Forth

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 John DonovanLeave a comment

A New Place

A few weeks ago, we were walking around our neighborhood, Mary Jo and I, just a little something that we often do when the weather is mostly warm and the sun mostly shining. We wander the streets to check in on our neighbors. We wander to get out of the house. We wander for exercise.… Read More A New Place

November 24, 2022November 24, 2022 John DonovanLeave a comment

Stumble, Fall, Get Up

The field off of our back yard stretched, to a 6-year-old boy, for what seemed like acres. In the fall — right about this time of the year — we’d sprint across it after school, toward the woods at its edge, ready for all the magic and mystery that lay within. Those woods still hold… Read More Stumble, Fall, Get Up

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 John DonovanLeave a comment

Upon Further Review

Nobody does anything anymore without first checking the reviews. Whether it’s watching a movie on Netflix or buying a hammer at the hardware store, you’re practically obligated in this era of instantaneous thumbs-up and thumbs-down to see what other people think first, before you act. Even if those people have an axe to grind. Or… Read More Upon Further Review

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 John DonovanLeave a comment

Something Old, Nothing New

I often wonder whether, as sometimes seems obvious, we live in truly horrible times, times unlike any others ever seen. The worst of times. The absolute worst. Or I wonder (and, admittedly, this is a real possibility) if that kind of thinking is just the grumpy old bastard in me raising his bumpy old head.… Read More Something Old, Nothing New

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 John DonovanLeave a comment

The End is Near

Pretty much every morning, for the past two years, the First Amendment champions at The New York Times have kept us up to date on the grim totals of the pandemic with all manner of charts and graphs and statistics. In the 21st century business of journalism, this is known as “data journalism:” the gathering,… Read More The End is Near

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 John DonovanLeave a comment

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