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Kimmo Pohjonen, Kluster
Rahul Sharma, Music of the Himalayas

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By Dava Sobel. An easy, informative read. I was most shocked by the incidental details of life in early 16th-century Italy. And some details of modern progress came home vis-a-vis the foundation of Quakerism just a few decades later: no gravitational theory; only recently invented pendulum clocks; and of course the Inquisition still at work [...]

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I finished the lace shawl I’ve been knitting for my friend Barbara. Yahoo! It’s from a Lily Chin pattern in a purple Shetland wool. I’ll post photos in a couple of days.

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I want to hear some analysis of how many of O’Brien’s votes would have gone to Stein if it had been clear beforehand that O’Brien would lose anyway.

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Oh, the things that come up at CE-L.

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I’ve got an itch to do some knitting with some friends, so I’m inviting members of my Quaker meeting to consider doing a charity knitting project. The charities on my list to consider so far: Afghans for Afghans, American Friends Service Committee material aid program, Children in Common, Haley House, and MGH Cancer Center chemo [...]

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connected with Guy Fawkes Day.

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The regular Sunday-night international folk dance at MIT had special musical guests last night. Divi Zheni (”Wild Women”), a women’s Bulgarian chorus and band, sang and played for dancing. Village-style dancing is my favorite–repetitive, fairly simple dances done at some length. I adore dancing to live music. The Women’s Folk Orchestra (”the only requirement is [...]

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1. Were you raised in a particular religious faith?
No. We were what I now call “culturally Christian” much like people on the East Coast who are cultural, but not religious, Jews.
2. Do you still practice that faith? Why or why not?
No. After I came out, and as I’ve reflected on my own spirituality, I’ve tried [...]

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