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Plumbing Nightmares

Wednesday My last two days have been mired in a plumbing morass, during which time I have bonded with my plumber and his family. I found a poem by one Tony Gruenewald that gets at some of what I’ve been feeling. Here’s our situation. My mother has been taking her water from the lake by […]

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Smollett: Country Water over City Water

My mother is finding a necessary switch from lake water to city water psychologically difficult. Smollett’s “Humphry Clinker” helps me understand why.

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