Monthly Archives: December 2012

Dear Muffin and Squeaker

There Are No Words Originally published December 20, 2012 A week ago today, twenty children, all just a little older than the two of you, were murdered in their school classrooms. Mass shootings like these often feel remote to us, … Continue reading

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Roots in the Future

Preserving the Planet for Posterity Originally published December 7, 2012 In one of his short stories, writer Spider Robinson, known for his Callahan’s Bar science-fiction stories, has a character make an observation about our connection to our family. “Everybody’s got roots … Continue reading

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