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Posts published by “Paul Modic”

Privilege

I never thought about privilege, white, male, or class, when I was a kid although, sure, we were told about the starving people in Africa,…

Emerald Ranch

This cannabis nursery deep in the Triangle is a site to behold: a verdant field displaying thousands of bright green marijuana plants in rows and…

Roy Lichtenstein

It might not be true that every family has one cool thing about it but at least I can say that my family does. Sixty-three…

Sleeper Car & Mail Order Brides

Taking the train across country is a singular joy and I strongly recommend a berth in the sleeper car: There's that magic moment when you…

The Day of the Ashes

Yesterday, September 9, 2020 smoke and ashes from the nearby wildfires blocked out the sun and settled on the graves and gravestones in the local…

Taxicab Memories

I can still remember that first fare in my New York taxi: an older white-haired woman standing at Union Square on 17th Street. I cruised…

Scrabble & Running

I had two main problems in life: I was fifty pounds overweight and my next-door neighbor beat me at Scrabble every time. Actually over the…

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