Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency

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Meditations in an Emergency
Symbolic gestures

Symbolic gestures

When no one's looking anyway

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Feb 06, 2021
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The certificate that accompanies a flag recently flown above the US Capitol

There is something precious, I think, about the symbolic, the ornamental. A mailed thank-you note when a text message is faster. The turn signal used while parking your car in an empty lot. It’s more flourish than act, an expressive display, and probably a lot more valuable to th…

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