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Ellie
The coral foam of chlorhexidine gluconate drips down my arms from fingertip to elbow as I perform my liturgical scrubbing to prepare to see my hours-old…
Nov 20, 2024
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Daniel Gray
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June 2024
The Inner Light
Yesterday my dad celebrated that he'd lived a day longer than his own father.
Jun 16, 2024
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Daniel Gray
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March 2024
Notable Bottles
I My dad stores a bottle of Coca Cola in his office from the St.
Mar 3, 2024
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Daniel Gray
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September 2023
Forty
Growing up, Sarah and I would play St. Louis in a Box, a seemingly unlicensed Monopoly clone with iconic properties like The Arch, Union Station, and…
Sep 24, 2023
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Daniel Gray
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March 2023
Doubt and Revelation
"I have some doubts," Ma told us the day before her 90th birthday party.
Mar 7, 2023
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Daniel Gray
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January 2023
Brideshead Revisited Revisited
The first time I read Brideshead Revisited, I was practically illiterate.
Jan 20, 2023
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Daniel Gray
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November 2022
A Storm Formed
Overlooking the Tarpon Bayou, Rusty Bellies Waterfront Grill is the kind of place where butter buckets are as common as forks or knives, where daily…
Nov 20, 2022
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Daniel Gray
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August 2022
Crossroads
Alongside wrinkles and mottled skin, the primary mark of my aging is an increasing appreciation of venerable American curmudgeon Jonathan Franzen.
Aug 12, 2022
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Daniel Gray
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June 2022
The Road
Sitting on a balcony above Hayarkon Street.
Jun 14, 2022
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Daniel Gray
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May 2022
Rowing in Sin, Wading in Life
I distinctly recall my desperation to be loved despite my Catholicism.
May 13, 2022
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Daniel Gray
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April 2022
The Right Reasons
Among the many absurdities that make The Bachelor a near perfect mirror of our era, the most potent must be the bizarre refrain: Here for the right…
Apr 26, 2022
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Daniel Gray
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Holy Thursday
Four years ago, I went to Holy Thursday mass at Mission Santa Clara de Asís with my dear friend Emma.
Apr 14, 2022
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Daniel Gray
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