Category: Stuff of Life

Peter and Paul on Mary Travers' Passing

What a sad day. Mary Travers, part of the ’60s folk rock trio Peter, Paul & Mary, has died. In a statement on Mary’s website, Peter Yarrow reflected on his lifelong admiration of Mary, and how she lived her life. I believe that, in the most profound of ways, Mary was incapable of lying, as …

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My Life In Thirds

When one’s life has always embraced writing, publicly and privately, it’s hard to leave it behind for awhile. But I managed to do just that, however misguided the impulse.  Then I cast about forlornly wondering what was missing. I spent the first third of my life in a daze, reeling from profound child abuse issues …

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