Prayer Beads & the Pursuit of Happiness

About a year ago, I bought some prayer beads from a little shop downtown. I don’t recall what prompted this acquisition, no doubt it was inspired by some article I’d read, a theory I’d latched onto. The beads are lovely, an irregular rainbow, copper next to coal-black next to mustard, pale mauve, Caribbean green. They […]

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Keepers Shortlist: Easter Sunday

In an email report from my mother: “We’ve not seen any great number of ants in the house. Just the daring few that show up in the bath tub and then get drowned for their audacity.” Watching my two year old grandson crack open an easter egg, carefully pick out the hidden chocolate chips and eat them one […]

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