I don't know about any of you ... but having to suffer through a 6.5 earthquake, volcano erupting, and a category 5 cyclone  .... all in the space of a couple of weeks ... would send me right over the edge.  For those of you who don't know - that's just what the island nation of Vanuatu experienced last month.   We haven't heard much about it.  The "why" needs some pondering.  It seems that...

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I love October and poetry both.  While I don't get to indulge in the poetry realm as much as I'd like (although I believe I'm going to change that now that I have an audience with whom to share that affinity), October's 'bright blue weather" has been especially vibrant this year, by virtue of both weather and an especially gorgeous showing of fall foliage.  While I haven't memorized this poem by Helen Hunt Jackson (as...

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