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There’s a reason I won’t kill anything. Not even the lowliest cockroach. It comes from a time in my youth when I was supposed to learn how to be a man. I was only about 10, maybe 11. My dad took me dove hunting. We traipsed through cornfields and through…
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I worried our visit might be too much for Josef and Marlies Frick. Josef is 89 now; Marlies 85. They are both lively and in good spirits. She walks a couple of kilometers every day. He keeps a garden in a small lot next to the house. They are closer…
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Coming home is always the hardest part. I love my wife and kids. I like having the routines of waking and writing and reading, school and colleagues. I’ve built a good life for myself with the help of my family. But when I’m underway, I don’t miss it. In the…
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Anxiety produces a physical ailment. It buzzes in my chest like a knot of electrical wires. I feel unsteady and light-headed. My heart thumps. My limbs jerk around in their duties like Reddy Kilowatt’s appendages. I don’t sleep, my thought racing around in smaller and smaller circles—snakes eating their own…
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