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My dinosaur

My dinosaur

Posted on August 3, 2018January 8, 2022 by Clay

Earlier today, I found myself prostrate with guilt when I realized that, as a child, I had chosen a favorite dinosaur not because…

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Mama the Cook

Mama the Cook

Posted on August 1, 2018January 8, 2022 by Clay

Mama was not a very good cook. She was an inspirational schoolteacher, the kind to whom people sent tear-wrinkled letters of gratitude, years after they left her classroom. She pulled…

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Geographic voices

Geographic voices

Posted on July 15, 2018January 8, 2022 by Clay

I would be hard pressed to say which narrator of National Geographic television specials was the best. It is therefore fortunate that no…

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My trip to Sydney

My trip to Sydney

Posted on July 7, 2018January 8, 2022 by Clay

The folks at the International Quality & Productivity Center had a hard time in 2007 finding someone to deliver the International Keynote Address…

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My dampness

My dampness

Posted on June 22, 2018January 8, 2022 by Clay

I was born and spent my early years in Houston, and I lived there again in several stretches as an adult, so I…

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10 records

10 records

Posted on June 15, 2018January 8, 2022 by Clay

Not long ago, a friend tagged me on Facebook to participate in a “10 records in 10 days” exercise in which you describe…

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My new best friend

My new best friend

Posted on June 13, 2018January 8, 2022 by Clay

It is no secret that I hate mosquitos. On the contrary, I proclaim my feelings freely and often. “Don’t hate,” gentle-souled people might…

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The dream with Bob Hope and the piano bench

The dream with Bob Hope and the piano bench

Posted on May 28, 2018January 8, 2022 by Clay

The dream began with me in the wings, waiting for my introduction. It wasn’t a large theater — a high school auditorium, maybe,…

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Mississippi eatin'

Mississippi eatin’

Posted on November 26, 2017January 8, 2022 by Clay

When I moved to rural Mississippi from downtown Los Angeles, I knew I was in for environmental shifts beyond just the absence of…

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Cucina Clayarini — a ONE-NIGHT dining event

Cucina Clayarini — a ONE-NIGHT dining event

Posted on November 4, 2017January 8, 2022 by Clay

Do you remember the enchanted April when you found love on a hillside outside Bologna? You do? Meraviglioso! Come to Cucina Clayarini and…

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