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Long ago, I gave up my high school dreams of becoming the next Carl Sagan and instead wound up working (in order) at a video rental store, a used bookstore, a computer seller, Kinko's, a Jewish newspaper company, and an HR firm. I eventually became a teacher of intercultural communication in Kyoto, where I vainly attempt to apply quantum mechanics to language teaching, practice martial arts and Zen Buddhism, and always keep one eye on the sky. ...more

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Ghosts in the family tree — Abigail West

I wrote some time ago that there was a ghost in the family.

I guess it’s finally time to write about it. Sorry for the wait! Maybe I should hold off on this until Hallowe’en…

Abigail Platte (or Platt) of New Milford, Connecticut, married William Barber West of Rhode Island in or just before 1783. They then set out for what is now Queensbury, New York, to start a farm and a family. Eventually, t

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