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Oliver, a Poet for Introverts

By Robin Bates | Published: October 17, 2019

Mary Oliver understands introverts well–and how much they can gain by overcoming their fears and stepping out into the world.

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The Choice: To Die or to Go on Caring

By Robin Bates | Published: April 29, 2010

Yesterday we buried a long-time friend, 98-year-old Maurine Holbert Hogaboom, a New York actress who had retired to southern Maryland.  Tomorrow we commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of my oldest son Justin.  April, a month of new beginnings, has too often proved cruel as well. Nature often works ironically.  Justin, feeling joyous on a […]

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