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When a change in perspective does the trick

When a change in perspective does the trick

To get from the back door around the garage and out to the garbage cans, I dug a path barely the width of one shovel, a concession to age and the deep...

01.03.2026 10

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There's nothing like a cardinal in winter

22.02.2026 10

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Olympics are a peculiar kind of mirror

15.02.2026 10

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Savoring what elite athletes can do that we cannot

08.02.2026 4

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A chance encounter, a flood of memories

25.01.2026 7

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Trees as property are like no other

18.01.2026 6

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A human marvel that's hard to replicate

11.01.2026 10

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December's light makes you work

19.12.2025 7

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Pain and relief in the twilight zone

14.12.2025 10

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As memory fades into history, what then?

07.12.2025 8

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Going with 6-7 for '25 means ... something

30.11.2025 10

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Tampering with our formula for success

23.11.2025 10

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'Level playing field' gets more lopsided

16.11.2025 7

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A telling stat for the affordability election

09.11.2025 7

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A cool discovery about bowhead whales

02.11.2025 10

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AI takes us deeper into the morass

26.10.2025 5

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Basic respect is too often MIA

19.10.2025 5

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Where exactly is Long Island heading?

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Make room for amazement

05.10.2025 10

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Bad driving alarming on multiple levels

28.09.2025 9

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Growing, learning in the raspberry patch

21.09.2025 5

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What's lost when everything's curated

14.09.2025 20

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Expanding Roosevelt's cherished 'strenuous life'

07.09.2025 5

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The cycles of life just keep on cycling

22.06.2025 10

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Two musicians leave their legacies

15.06.2025 10

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Electric flight evokes LI aviation history

08.06.2025 10

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On Memorial Day, let us never forget

25.05.2025 10

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Pete Rose saga is a story for our times

18.05.2025 10

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Coming to grips with the ravages of time

11.05.2025 2

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Listening hard for the sounds of silence

04.05.2025 9

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Spurring more births not an easy task

27.04.2025 10

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New turn in the hunt for life out there

20.04.2025 10

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Dire wolves return not what it seems

13.04.2025 10

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Extraordinary week by any measure

06.04.2025 10

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A survey on happiness conveys uneasy truths

23.03.2025 10

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Searching as always for the signs of spring

16.03.2025 9

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The doctor in the Bronx and the Gila monster

09.03.2025 5

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Hackman's death strikes a chord

02.03.2025 7

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As Musk runs amok, best to play the long game

Get a grip, folks. That’s the best advice I can give — to both sides — as the nation cheers or condemns President Donald Trump’s efforts to...

23.02.2025 8

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It's a penny-wise move to get rid of the penny

16.02.2025 6

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Beware ominous climate asteroids

09.02.2025 4

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Plane crash sets off long tail of grief

02.02.2025 5

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Thinking of the past as a duck farm hangs on

26.01.2025 6

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Hard questions follow California fires

12.01.2025 4

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Peace is but a dream in this new year

Hopes that this new year would enter peacefully were probably always foolish. It's a perennial wish, but one we should acknowledge as more dream...

05.01.2025 4

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Holidays give comfort amid change

The holidays are here. And it feels like we need them more than ever. We need their traditions and their rituals, their reliability and their...

16.12.2024 3

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