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THE VELVETEEN RABBIT

"What is REAL? Does being REAL hurt?" Damn straight!

Dec 30, 2025 • Heather King

EL GRECO'S "VIEW OF TOLEDO"

And "The Adoration of the Shepherds": the Met Museum the day after Christmas

Dec 27, 2025 • Heather King

"AND THE BABY?": A CHRISTMAS STORY

From of all places, "War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning," by Chris Hedges

Dec 25, 2025 • Heather King

THE PERPETUAL WAITING OF ADVENT

"Sweetheart, come"...

Dec 18, 2025 • Heather King

A BIG TIME ARRIVAL, FROM AFAR

James Stephen Behrens was a Cistercian monk, a priest, a photographer, a writer, and a close observer: of deer, cobwebs, shadows, stars, people. Here's…

Dec 15, 2025 • Heather King

MENIN JESU: THE LITTLE JESUS

A Christmas custom brought by the Portuguese from the West Indies and perhaps still celebrated by a few in the Provincetown/Fall River/New Bedford area…

Dec 13, 2025 • Heather King

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