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The Theory of EverythingApr 19, 05:53 pm I have been working on the theory of everything since I was ten years old. At that stage, I didn’t know there would be a theory; I was just collecting observations. I boiled clover leaves and flowers in water to see what they taste like. In the summer I fell asleep with my head on the window sill to catch the faintest breeze and listen to the roar of the lions in the zoo a mile away. |
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The Sudbury in FloodApr 12, 09:01 pm The Sudbury River has been spread out over its floodplain for so long now that I forget where it usually flows. I drive across Heath’s Bridge and see the top few feet of a tree, and I think, Is that really the shore, so close to the center of the bridge? Was there an island there that I don’t remember? Three weeks ago the rains swelled the river till it overran the approaches to both bridges leading home. I ignored a Road Closed sign, tried to drive around by a back way and found myself braving a foot of flood water running across a low spot more than 300 yards west of the usual river edge. |
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On the Shell Oil Settlement with the Family of Ken Saro-WiwaJun 9, 08:11 pm As Shell Oil pays out $15.5 million to the family of Ken Saro-Wiwa, I want to share a poem: INCIDENT The day they hanged Ken Saro-Wiwa the chores called to me anyway, |
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About Katherine PowerI didn’t set out to be a terrorist. As a student activist, I moved from protesting the war in Viet Nam to waging guerrilla war to overthrow the government…. |
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