Morning walk...
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. - William Butler Yeates
Jay Lauf
A February Day
I leant upon a coppice gateWhen Frost was spectre-grey, And Winter's dregs made desolateThe weakening eye of day.The tangled bine-stems scored the skyLike strings of broken lyres
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Rocks at the Beach
Where the sea meets the moon-blanch’d land,Listen! you hear the grating roarOf pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,At their return, up the high strand
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Republicans Are Set to Wander the Political Wilderness for a Generation
One former-Republican's view.
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OVERHEARD
You know that thing — Manhattan was the place for this — when you briskly pass people on the street and catch just a second or two of conversation that snaps you to and leaves you sketching out the rest of their story in your head?
Jay Lauf
A sign for the times
Encountered on my first hike this spring. Words of wisdom from the co-founder of The Atlantic.
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