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E.B. White & Winding the Clock

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Of late things have been hard. 

My heart is broken. Broken again, for the 3477th time this life.

"Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a bad time," wrote E. B. White, to a despairing Mr. Nadeau. The actual first paragraph of White's letter said:

"As long as there is one upright man..."

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Art and Representation

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Author Traci L. Slatton muses on art and representation, ely concerning Sabin Howard's Bust of Ceres sculpture.

My husband Sabin Howard can sculpt. Think Carpeaux, Canova, or Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Think Michelangelo. He says, "Art represents us. How do we want to be represented?" It's a fair question...

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The Gottman Institute: The Art & Science of Love

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Two days of extraordinary learning at the Gottman Institute workshop. The first day focused on building the ground of being of love through Drs. John and Julie Gottman's research-based techniques. The second day addressed conflict and techniques for repair after regrettable incidents.

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