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"Arbitrary Sacred Spaces"
AKA "Searching for a Rich Inner Life" as seen on Oregon bumpersticker
Sep 28, 2025
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John L. Murphy
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Chaim Grade's "Sons + Daughters": review
Between the wars: Litvaks, Vilna, Yiddishkeit without schmaltz, schtick, or fiddlers
Apr 12, 2025
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John L. Murphy
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Breaking b(re)ad, going treyf, saving grace
Guess what's coming for dinner. What's a guest to do? Grin, gobble, or groan?
Mar 21, 2025
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John L. Murphy
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Yahrzeit la tengo
21 fun salute in song for Señora Mz Layne on her year's passing
Mar 13, 2025
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John L. Murphy
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Hovering eagle, SNL Deep Thoughts, Stars, 3 AM wake-up calls
Twirling my philosophical protractor inside a "small circle of friends"
Jan 10, 2025
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John L. Murphy
9 1/2 Mystics, Months, Muses, Musos
Expect Spanish Inquisition. Frito Bandito. Pazz & Jop. Cawfee Tawk. Kabbalah.
Dec 31, 2024
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John L. Murphy
How I spent my (first solo) Chrismanukkah
Me + cat + dog + Spotify non-"holiday" soundtrack. Slumgullion simmers.
Dec 23, 2024
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John L. Murphy
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Advent calendar countdown, baker's dozen
Santa-listing my travel wishes-in-the-non-Salvation Army-bucket
Dec 12, 2024
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John L. Murphy
Mameloshen, máthair-foclóir, mother tongue
Yiddish, Irish/Gaeilge, NYC, me
Nov 29, 2024
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John L. Murphy
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Shake them bones, blow, wind, blow
Sage wisdom for those rattled "when the revealed world begins to totter."
Nov 13, 2024
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John L. Murphy
Drift, grift, shift, miffed, gift
Maps aren't territories, even as I chart my spirit's path mid-flight
Nov 1, 2024
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John L. Murphy
What the "L"'s my middle name all about?
Stuck in the mid-midst of a moniker you can't get out of, to paraphrase Bono. Shout-outs to Adam Ant, Joan Jett, lil' sis, our mom, my first g-f…
Oct 25, 2024
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John L. Murphy
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