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    A Fourth for All
    Jo Page
    • Jul 4, 2021
    • 6 min

    A Fourth for All

    --Jo Page St. John's-on-Sand Creek, Albany, New York 4 July 2021 When President Obama was elected for his first term, all the females in...
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    On Knees for Mercy, Not Necks for Murder
    Jo Page
    • Apr 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    On Knees for Mercy, Not Necks for Murder

    The first hymn I have sung in over a year was “We Shall Overcome” at an outdoor gathering in front of an African Episcopal Methodist...
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    Call and Response
    Jo Page
    • Mar 21, 2021
    • 4 min

    Call and Response

    In 1999, I had just accepted a call to Grace Lutheran Church in a suburb of the capital region of New York. Before starting my call...
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    Carrots and Potatoes
    Jo Page
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    Carrots and Potatoes

    Perhaps because I am—and I believe rightfully---keto diet-phobic, I have been thinking about potatoes a lot these days. I like potatoes....
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    Virus, Violence, Virulence
    Jo Page
    • Jan 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    Virus, Violence, Virulence

    Dear Capitol Insurrectionists: It isn't lost on me that "virus," "victory" and "violence" all start with "vi." So it occurred to me to...
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    Hanumas
    Jo Page
    • Dec 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    Hanumas

    Seems a very fortuitous time for something from 2016--the song at the end is a gem: Hanumas. No, it’s not a yoga asana. Or the name of a...
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    'Twas the Noir Before Christmas
    Jo Page
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    'Twas the Noir Before Christmas

    My Inner Misanthrope cringes at the cuteness of holiday movies and for that I am truly sorry. I make up for it by weeping through my...
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    A Riot of Petunias
    Jo Page
    • Nov 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    A Riot of Petunias

    27 November 2020 So today’s topic is beauty--not of the “Ding-dong, Avon calling” kind--though I did get a kick out of googling their...
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    Days of Our Lives
    Jo Page
    • Nov 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    Days of Our Lives

    Years ago, when I was as green as baby kale, I worked for a small, feisty and effective arts organization. My boss was a Daytimer day...
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    A Fine Pickle
    Jo Page
    • Oct 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    A Fine Pickle

    You're familiar with those adjective-noun phrases that seem as stuck together as peanut butter and jelly: It's always an "utter"...
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    Lady Weary's Castle
    Jo Page
    • Oct 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    Lady Weary's Castle

    You know what I'm talking about. You do. It's the "Today I get my stuff done. I keep it normal even if it is only normal-ish. I call a...
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    Back to the Mat for Good
    Jo Page
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Back to the Mat for Good

    I am writing this column days before I am due to file it with my editor. That's unusual. And also--who knows what fresh hell may come...
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    Tag Sale, Reprise
    Jo Page
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 7 min

    Tag Sale, Reprise

    Here's a tale worth re-telling. And here's the setting for the tale: Three years ago I was selling my house after a disturbing marriage...
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    See You in September?.....Not.
    Jo Page
    • Aug 27, 2020
    • 3 min

    See You in September?.....Not.

    For the past two summers and not quite by design, I have taken vacations by myself. It's not awful, but I decided that for summer 2020 I...
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    Past Perfect
    Jo Page
    • Aug 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Past Perfect

    My poetry teacher when I was an undergrad--she, the ultra-cool Heather McHugh--taught that the key to making your own writing better was...
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    La Sonnambula
    Jo Page
    • Jul 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    La Sonnambula

    How's your sleep these days? Are you sleeping like a baby or a log? Are you getting enough beauty rest, enough shut eye? Are you sleeping...
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    Strawberry Fields. Maybe Never.
    Jo Page
    • Jul 4, 2020
    • 3 min

    Strawberry Fields. Maybe Never.

    I am an ordained pastor in the whitest denomination in the United States that was founded by a medieval church renegade whose...
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    "To Be a Virginian..."
    Jo Page
    • Jun 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    "To Be a Virginian..."

    When I was in graduate school in Charlottesville, Virginia, I was the only white woman on the bus from my apartment to the...
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    "I dwell in Possibility--a fairer House than Prose"
    Jo Page
    • Jun 24, 2020
    • 7 min

    "I dwell in Possibility--a fairer House than Prose"

    (The title is thanks to Emily Dickinson's essential and wondrous poem.) A few months before my last trip to France a couple of years ago,...
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    Pandemic Jeopardy
    Jo Page
    • May 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    Pandemic Jeopardy

    It's Pandemic Jeopardy! And since we don't have any Jeopardy buzzers to press or enough PPE, I'll just list the answer and you can write...
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