Tag: Fourth of July
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Anniversaires
5 June 2026 Feeling anxious and untethered, Dear Reader? You are not alone; daily experience is not what it used to be. In our PC (Post Colbert) era, so much that was customary is no more, and adapting to the ongoing speed and breadth of change a constant challenge. I loved hearing the legendarily innovative…
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July so far: Good Trouble in the Summertime
22 July 2025 I’m was up this morning far earlier than accustomed for this retiree, as Levi Ellis and his painting crew arrived at 8 am to restore my shower and apse ceilings and our big deck to their original pristine state. And it’s unusually cool for mid-July in New Hampshire, a welcome reprieve from…
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What to Us Now is the Fourth of July?
2 July 2025 The proximity of Independence Day and recently hearing filmmaker Ken Burns speak of his upcoming series on the American Revolution have together sent me back to re-reading “the unanimous declaration of the thirteen united States of America.” Several statements against “the present King of Great Britain” stand uncomfortably out, beginning with the…
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The Fourth of July
It is the Fourth of July, and I am having trouble concentrating. My setup for a dinner party to begin at 6.30 is complete—beer and wine cooling, the New York Times’s Juneteenth peach-molasses chicken soon to be grilled, the salads made and strawberry-rhubarb cobbler baked. I’ve prepped the staging area for fireworks later, and loaded…
Georgeann Murphy 