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Slow Reading
There are two sections to this article, with tension in both parts.
Sep 7
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James Nichols
August 2025
Homesick
I can remember the specific place on the street where the encounter occurred.
Aug 31
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
The first character we meet in the musical play Mary Poppins is Winifred Banks as she returns to her London home in 1910; she has been attending a…
Aug 10
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From Unthinkable to Policy
Consider with me the following list of categories:
Aug 3
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James Nichols
July 2025
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
It was a conversation I had multiple times in my academic office at the university.
Jul 27
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Table Talk
The question from the church class leader sought to stimulate thinking and it certainly did at our table of four.
Jul 20
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James Nichols
People Are Suspicious of Me
There is a specific question that I have been asked for most of my adult life.
Jul 13
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A Good Boss Is Hard to Find
A good boss is hard to find, especially if you are sixteen years old and it is your first job with an outside-the-family boss.
Jul 6
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June 2025
Bombs Away
Patriotism levels ebb and flow with many of us.
Jun 29
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Chloroplasts and Violins
We may try to fool ourselves otherwise, but we must truthfully recognize that we do not like change.
Jun 22
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Master Teacher
It was an undergraduate class in Shakespeare, and I was a graduate student in Zoology.
Jun 8
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Water of Life
My elementary school did not have air conditioning.
Jun 1
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