My cat Ripley died on Thanksgiving day. When Monday came, I called in sick to work. I needed an excuse. Had a person died, I would have been told to take my time coming back to work. My fluid network of friends, family members and co-workers would have hardened into a solid support structure. As […]
Adam Bertolett
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Sport unadorned
I have a confession to make. I enjoyed watching Olympic curling on TV. Yes, curling, the ugly duckling of the Winter Games. Curling may seem a relic in our modern Olympics, a slow and plodding game woefully unsuited for our speed-obsessed culture. Middle-aged Minnesotans brandishing brooms hardly evoke the Olympic motto: “Faster, higher, stronger.” But […]