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 Richard Whittaker
In our third newsletter we make no attempt at a theme. Each piece introduces the reader to a different world. There's the world of Jim Brooks, for instance, an extraordinary man, local cowboy legend and a singer-songwriter [more]
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 Mech Sokha spent his teenage years in the heart of the genocide, parents and siblings dead at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, himself suffering through malaria, praying for deliverance for over 3 years. Decades later, Sokha has founded the Center for Children's Happiness, which he runs with his wife, Dany.
 I've been to archaeological sites, know the sun-bleached whiteness of bone, the tea-colored stains left by earth. Here, no layers of soil obscured the find. To get to the daybed, I had only to move the piles of bedding. Her hall closet must now be empty, for here were ironed sheets, blankets, table linen, and the kind of embroidered and crocheted cloths that are found in old women's attics. When I saw these, my own mourning resumed.
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