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Julie Curry
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optimist • fool • lapsed historian • soccer enthusiast and coach • USSF D, TOVO 7v7 and grassroots • team “feed it off an aux” forever
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David Bowie, on the cover for his Heroes album, gestures with his right hand covering his heart and his left hand raised in a defiant gesture, four fingers and thumb pointing to the sky
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Unbagging done, here. I’m really looking forward to reading this!
Haunted by the Civil War: Cultural Testimony in the Nineteenth-Century United States, by Shirley Samuels, just released and just received, book on top of the shipping bag it came in
October 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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This is what a spotted orb weaver made in my doorway yesterday. I ducked hard both ways, going in and out. Not about to displease this spider, who is quite the artist.
A spiderweb in a doorway, through the windowpane of a French paned door. The colors of a brown wooden deck and green foliage show through. There is an intricate crosshatch pattern in part of the web where the spider apparently made a repair.
September 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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In memory of Gemma, an absolute beast who was part of our family and gave us much joy. We will miss her so much.
Gemma, a large black guinea pig with a partial orange stripe. She was a real one. She was sweet, she did not bite, and she also knew how and when to establish her space. She made us all happy. We will miss her very much.
September 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Got to catch a glimpse, not to mention a whiff, of the blooming corpse flower at the U. S. Botanic Gardens in DC today. It did not disappoint. #CorpseFlower
A corpse flower in full bloom. There is a central spadix, which is a yellow-green spear of about two feet in length, and a red efflorescence made up of multiple flowers that look like one giant red bloom. There are some surrounding green plants, as this particular corpse flower is permanently planted in the ground in the Tropical Plants house of the Botanic Garden.
August 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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I had some workout buddies today.
Nine geese grazing on a grass soccer field. Two are in the foreground ready to hiss at me for getting so close. There are soccer goalposts set off the field back and to the left, and a wooded area in the background.
July 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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This is the way.
The debate over trans rights in sports may have started with conservatives purporting that they were “just asking questions.” But as my former Ringer colleague Rodger Sherman points out, those arguments—though compelling to some (including, at one point, himself) across the political spectrum—were never actually grounded in issues of fairness. That’s because it is not fair to exclude an entire marginalized group from recreation and its many benefits. There are many legitimate ways to go about protecting women’s sports that don’t pit trans and cis women against each other. One way is to ensure that schools and boosters offer equal scholarship spots and name-image-likeness opportunities to women. And it is telling that on Wednesday, the Department of Education rescinded Biden-era Title IX guidance that called for schools to provide proportionate athletic department resources and revenue-sharing payments to women’s teams. Another way is to hold abusive coaches accountable throughout the college and professional ranks, but the administration is not calling for that. This order does not protect anyone; instead, it risks endangering all women competitors by subjecting them to invasive and troublesome sex testing.
February 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Cope du jour
Wok with stir-fried chicken and sugar snap peas in lemon-garlic-ginger sauce. I added some red peppers for color and extra flavor. It was delicious and much needed
December 8, 2024 at 1:46 AM
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Some culinary therapy after a very tough week
Ginger beef stir fry in a wok. Most apparent: beef, snow peas, and basil. It may not be the most aesthetically pleasing food photo, but it sure tasted good.
November 16, 2024 at 2:42 AM
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A path through some woods. While many leaves have turned brown and fallen, some trees are still green and their leaves give a golden sheen in the afternoon sunlight. The sky is clear and blue.
November 9, 2024 at 5:45 AM
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evening squirrel sploot (it’s hot out)
Squirrel lying out flat on the rail of a wooden deck. They often do this on hot days, but this is unusual for evenings. It looks completely wiped out from the heat.
July 10, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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Willow and Gemma wish you the best!
Brown mouselike guinea pig Black guinea pig with an orange stripe, the queen of the house
May 8, 2024 at 2:06 AM
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On the youth soccer coaching front, some words to live by (via Todd Beane, TOVO Soccer Institute)
Rethink Coaching Points As I set out to the pitch, I can approach my role as one who needs "to correct" the errors. As one who needs "to fix" the many problems. In fact, many coaching licenses actually look to freeze play to make corrections. All well and good, but that sets me up looking for failure. And thus, I will find it and the children will know exactly what my points are about - their failure. Over and over. Consider celebrating success. Go out and look for the smallest action that is wonderful. Look for the child who shows resilience, ambition, or respect and applaud her. Children need to understand exactly what you are looking for so they can internalise that behaviour or action and replicate it. We suggest you looking for any positive moment relative to the principles or concepts of the day and to share with the children your delight and pride in seeing them give the best of themselves, whatever that best may be.
May 2, 2024 at 4:16 AM
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Today I visited the pond at the local nature center and I discovered it really is turtles all the way down.
Photo of a pond with six turtles lined up along logs, sunning themselves.
March 18, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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February 20, 2024 at 1:53 AM