Above, an apricot tree bursts into bloom.
The world watches, transfixed by the earthquake and tsunami news coming from Japan. The first link below is one way you can help, right now.
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Japan earthquake and tsunami relief fund
The TSA wants to scan you walking down the sidewalk
The exaggerated joys of parenthood
Why would a publisher demand a library book be destroyed after just 26 checkouts?
Lynyrd Skynyrd and the death of Leonard Skinner
MMA fighters and plastic surgery–sewing on the dead
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Will Ludwigsen speaks about breaking in as a writer
Bicycle grown from super-strong nylon
Square for your iPhone defeats the credit card processing industry