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J.P. Devine
  • Published
    June 24, 2012

    Start your list!

    She said to make a list. She makes lists for everything, for every venture, and then she keeps the lists long after all of the tasks are done. I think this is serial clutter, but she rarely makes mistakes, so I made a list called Summer List.

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    June 17, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: The angst of change

    I confess. I am an animist. Animism is simply a belief that all inanimate objects, such as rocks and plants, have souls, and therefore have feelings. This includes glass beads, drift wood and old soccer balls.

  • Published
    June 17, 2012

    Being animist isn’t easy

    I confess. I am an animist. Animism is simply a belief that all inanimate objects, such as rocks and plants, have souls, and therefore have feelings. This includes glass beads, drift wood and old soccer balls.

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    June 10, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: Ray has passed

    "Dead" is such a sharp, brittle word. "Deceased" is a morgue word, an obit phrase. The old black people of my childhood seemed to concur on "passed."

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    June 3, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: Respect for men, women in blue

    She was in the kitchen making afternoon coffee when she heard the knock on the door. She wiped her hands and went to answer it.

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  • Published
    May 27, 2012

    When citizens became heroes

    They were there. They were very much there. They were like a great forest of tall trees that filled the space around our childhoods. They made us chocolate sodas and filled our gas tanks, sold us insurance, bagged our groceries, and healed our wounds. They were so tall, both in body and spirit, that they blocked the cold winds and the harsh suns of childhood from us. And then they were gone.

  • Published
    May 20, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: Brody gets baptized

    Brody is being christened today. He is not of my blood, only the issue of young friends of mine, so she, who will not pass up a chance to cry at a wedding or christening, is taking me along with her to the event.

  • Published
    May 20, 2012

    Brody gets baptized

    Brody is being christened today. He is not of my blood, only the issue of young friends of mine, so she, who will not pass up a chance to cry at a wedding or christening, is taking me along with her to the event.

  • Published
    May 13, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: A rose for Loretta

    Breaking news: In October 1991, a 5,000-year-old tattooed man made the headlines of newspapers all over the world when his frozen body was discovered on a mountain between Austria and Italy. You can Google it. I did.

  • Published
    May 13, 2012

    Perfect gift for her day

    Breaking news: In October 1991, a 5,000-year-old tattooed man made the headlines of newspapers all over the world when his frozen body was discovered on a mountain between Austria and Italy. You can Google it. I did.