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She calls herself Trish, though, on reflection, that may well have been a gesture toward drowsy travelers in the Florida motel where she tidies up the breakfast counter and replenishes coffee urns.  She moves among the tables deftly clearing away clutter and resetting furniture.  As the room falls silent, she asks us, the last of […]

A brake job you can no longer ignore might well take you to a part of town that is otherwise drive-through country.  Just so, the New Year has led me at the crack of dawn to a garage beside a once trendy mall, now wintered by the caprice of fashion and market.  I dropped off […]

Among the Iroquois tribes of eastern North America a story is told about a time of internal enmity – and of stumbling into peace through the innocence of a little child.  During this outbreak of bloodshed, one of the tribes laid plans to wreak vengeance on their rivals.  To that end they sent out spies […]

A well-known healer in West Africa was visited one day by a tortured soul haunted by a dream of turmoil in the spirit world.  Having heard a full account of these experiences, the healer responded: This is the wrong dream.  Now you must return home and dream a dream of goodness and harmony.  Happily, this […]