From the Mixed Up Bloggings of Annie Em

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Anecdote about life in a small world  town:
I was on jury duty recently (I get called up every 2 years, religiously) and I was chosen to be on a 6-person jury for one of those very sad cases of ongoing, alcohol-fueled  domestic abuse where the woman in the relationship was fighting against losing her breadwinning boyfriend despite [...]

Kindness, Cookies, and Recent Reads

Posted by: annieem on: December 20, 2008

This was sent to me today: A heart-warming holiday sort of story out of Eugene, Oregon (famous for Prefontaine, Bowerman and Phil Knight, as well as Animal House and rain—oh, yes, and Ducks): the Random Acts of Kindness Club is booted out of the mall for being, well, kind.
My partner made a batch of Sybil Vane’s pumpkin [...]


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Annie Em is a professor of English who, like oodles of other academics, blogs about her work, her readings, her life. E-mail Annie at annieem [at] ymail [dot] com or leave a comment.

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