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A Case of the Human Condition: My Daughter the Trash Heap

My daughter is beautiful. But I wonder if she wants to be. If she liked being beautiful, why did she dress up as a heap of trash for Halloween when she was 11? A “Doctor Who” space alien at 28?

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A Case of the Human Condition: The Center of the Universe? It’s a Little Beach in Michigan, of Course

If I were drawing a map of the world, its center would be at Bass Lake, just where its outlet flows into the great, blue Lake Michigan. I have lived in California for nearly two decades, but like my forebears – my mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother – I return to Lake Michigan every chance I get.

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A Case of the Human Condition: In Your Face Orchids

Stupendously, outrageously beautiful orchids.

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A Case of the Human Condition: Beauty — What to Do About It

When I encounter something beautiful, I can’t just sit there and be with it. For reasons I don’t understand (yet) I am greedy and grasping when it comes to beauty. I feel the urge to do something about it. Make it last. Make it mine. And so, like a lot of people, I get out the camera and take a picture.

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