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@jabel And I do understand that. Staying in one place has its benefits. But it seems as if that’s not the way I’m wired.
\n(OTOH: Of late, my travels are mostly YouTubes. Our real travel is a rut from here to Traverse City. I do hope to get to Paris once more, but wife is more like you: rooted.)
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\n
R.S. Thomas, The Echoes Return Slow, in Collected Later Poems 1988-2000
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This is set off on Lilly Road at Lafayette’s southwest, on the way to nowhere else that I ever go. It’s Lafayette’s cog in the Eli Lilly (Evonik) wheel, and Evonik is spending another $100 million for expansion.
\nEmploys 750 with 80 more on the way. How can this be so easy to forget?
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\nI.e., I’m glad I can travel.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ReaderJohn/93705266","date_published":"2026-07-09T12:12:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Roger Wm. Bennett","url":"http://intellectualoid.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2FReaderJohn%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ReaderJohn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"12:12","date_timestamp":1783599147,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93608524","content_html":"@bethanyh The Price of a Name is the best thing I’ve read yet in that issue of Plough.
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\n\nThe calculated corruption of “In God we trust” is secondary; my primary offense is the message that we Americans are power-hungry and tumultuous jerks.
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\n\nI’ve now rationalized the suspension of the suspension and will watch with a clear conscience.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ReaderJohn/93485502","date_published":"2026-07-05T18:16:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Roger Wm. Bennett","url":"http://intellectualoid.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2FReaderJohn%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ReaderJohn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-05 18:16","date_timestamp":1783275371,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93471240","content_html":"@davoh It’s ‘spensive, but one of the most beautifully-made books I’ve seen in a long time. It will go on a shelf in a more public part of the house when I’m finished, not buried away in my man cave.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ReaderJohn/93454882","date_published":"2026-07-05T02:32:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Roger Wm. Bennett","url":"http://intellectualoid.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2FReaderJohn%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ReaderJohn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-05 02:32","date_timestamp":1783218743,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93454862","content_html":"Currently reading: Galahad and the Grail by Malcolm Guite 📚
\nI’m shockingly ignorant of Arthururian lore and of the Grail, but this is going to be a delightful way to learn.
\nI’m taking the poet’s advice and reading aloud, pretending I have a wide-eyed child on my lap.
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\nIt makes the most sense as a reconfiguration of an old iPhone passed down to a child.
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A chance encounter outside our sunroom: stray cat meets what-the-heck is this, observed serendipitously by me on the way to the bathroom.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ReaderJohn/93366097","date_published":"2026-07-03T11:22:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Roger Wm. Bennett","url":"http://intellectualoid.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2FReaderJohn%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ReaderJohn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-03 11:22","date_timestamp":1783077727,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93273376","content_html":"@tinyroofnail I wonder if that’s got a sell-by date on it? Will people long remember the hubristic and reckless spirit it negates?
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ReaderJohn/93184543","date_published":"2026-06-30T12:33:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Roger Wm. Bennett","url":"http://intellectualoid.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2FReaderJohn%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ReaderJohn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-30 12:33","date_timestamp":1782822800,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93181188","content_html":"@dwalbert The last time I was in a Wal-Mart, the shelves felt high, the aisles narrow. It was like a maze. I hated it and haven’t gone back.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ReaderJohn/93181188","date_published":"2026-06-30T11:01:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Roger Wm. Bennett","url":"http://intellectualoid.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2FReaderJohn%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ReaderJohn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-30 11:01","date_timestamp":1782817289,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93181127","content_html":"After June 29’s Unitary-Executive-tinged SCOTUS decisions, we need Congress to step behind the Rawlsian veil of ignorance to decide how much power a generic President should have and then refashion all the now-not-so “independent” agencies accordingly.
\n\nI fear Congress cannot rise to the occasion.
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\n\nMy chat history shows a lot of that.
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\nWhen it arrived, my wife looked at the cover, then at me, then at the cover, and said “why?” I had no answer beyond that good and smart people love it.
\nThe introductory material helps a lot. Excited.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ReaderJohn/93033994","date_published":"2026-06-27T18:05:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Roger Wm. Bennett","url":"http://intellectualoid.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2FReaderJohn%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ReaderJohn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 18:05","date_timestamp":1782583504,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92971458","content_html":"I was kinda shaking my head about World Cup tourists going mad over ranch salad dressing. Then I remembered my first taste of the original Dorito at a young adult church picnic in Prescott, AZ.
\nI think I get it now.
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John Ellis News Items for June 25.
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\n\nThat is not a put-down, by the way.
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\n
From my newly-revised standing orders to Claude AI. Bolded text freshly added as a débâcle backstop.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://microblog.intellectualoid.com/2026/06/22/very-interesting-take-on-what.html","date_published":"2026-06-22T18:23:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Roger Wm. Bennett","url":"http://intellectualoid.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2FReaderJohn%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ReaderJohn"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-22 18:23","date_timestamp":1782152586,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92674896","content_html":"On the front porch at the end of this cul-de-sac, on a cool and cloudy afternoon, I’m feeling pretty comfortable in this environment, Michael.
\n\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4586/2026/9308007099-m.jpg\")
(Looks around furtively) Convenience food recommendation: Amy’s Asian Dumplings, new to the freezer section of supermarkets in my neck of the words. Very, very tasty, but not spicy.
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