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Ode to the Apricot

By Chris Mittelstaedt on May 17, 2016

I have been given a copy of Robert Palter’s The Duchess of Malfi’s Apricots, and Other Literary Fruits. It’s a great reference book if you like those moments of clarity when writers unravel the human …

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Plu…ots

By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 4, 2011

Maybe you think I write too much about my kids. I kind of agree, but man, do they give me good material. Last week, for example, when I told them we would be getting pluots for this week’s cases, they …

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Balance the Beat

By Chris Mittelstaedt on May 15, 2011

My daughters are in a rock band. One plays bass and the other drums. My 10-year old drummer has a problem with The Go-Go’s song “We Got The Beat.” “I keep losing my beat,” she says. “Have you looked …

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