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The Rower At Sea
Half-way between Meadow Point and Point Wells, where the neighborhoods of North Seattle meet the shore of Puget Sound, the land curves away to the east…
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In Response to "A Letter on Justice and Open Debate"
Edit: I was prompted to write this essay by a family conversation, and the focus of it reflects that discussion. However there are many, many problems…
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Beyond the Edge of the Known World
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, laid the foundation for 20th century American optimism with his statement that “the…
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The Nature of Balance
In the first half-revolution of the pedals, that scant fraction of a second before the rotation of the wheels creates its own stability, the bicycle…
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At Anchor
We find ourselves, anchored to the fulcrum of Archimedes, our vessel poised in stillness upon the point of equilibrium. While about our axis planetary…
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Civics Lessons from the Public Library
When I was six, I walked through the towering doors of what was then the Yesler branch of the Seattle Public Library (it has since been renamed the…
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Anosmia
Today the CDC confirms that loss of smell is an early sign of infection by the novel coronavirus. A European study reports that “anosmia was found in…
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