Letters to a Young Poet
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Trapped in an “X-Files” rerun: More notes from my quarantine journal
Cindy La Ferle “What I find fantastic is any notion that there are answers beyond the realm of science. The answers are there. You just have to know where to look.” ~Dana Scully, The X-Files Friday, May 1, 2020 I’m glancing out my home office window as I type this — just in time to spot a neighbor walking a large dog. The dog does its business on my lawn; the neighbor tugs on its leash and walks away without picking up the pile of poop left behind. But I’m too exhausted to pound on the window to rebuke her lack of manners and respect. It’s an apt metaphor for another…