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On Missing the Super Bowl
Some thoughts on annual rituals
Feb 10, 2024
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T. Hugh Crawford
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A Walker of Rivers
New Zealand’s Te Araroa
Nov 13, 2023
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T. Hugh Crawford
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Soft Shell Crabs and Wonder Bread
Lost Flavors and the Chesapeake Bay
Sep 13, 2023
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T. Hugh Crawford
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Learning to Walk Again
On aging and trekking
Sep 3, 2023
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T. Hugh Crawford
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La Sebastiana
Pablo Neruda’s house in Valparaiso
Aug 19, 2023
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T. Hugh Crawford
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Yaks and the Modern World
Rounding the curve of a high trail on the Helambu circuit, I found myself face to face with a man squatting on the path, swinging what seemed an ancient…
Aug 6, 2023
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T. Hugh Crawford
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On Highways and Pecans
Out by the highway in my hometown was a general store called Dysart’s —known to us locals as By-God-Bill-Dysart’s.
Jul 26, 2023
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T. Hugh Crawford
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The Lee Shore
Some thoughts on safety and danger
Jul 15, 2023
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T. Hugh Crawford
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Many of us, brutalized by freshman composition’s demand for thesis, argumentation, and conclusion, forget that essay is a verb— to essay, to explore, to try to uncover what matters, even if the criteria for mattering is murky.
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