There are two ways of loo-in- at the -ast. There's "artifact history"
and "ritual history." -ost o- us are fa-iliar with artifact history. New
En-land -ri-s with house -useu-s -illed with -ed war-ers and -oot hoo-s
and for-otten china -atterns. They're dura-le curiosities, encrusted
with the s-ecial sort of -atina that results fro- the -la-ed loo-s of
countless half*interested tourists. Ritual history, howe-er, is far -ore
-erisha-le and elusi-e. It's that continuation of an action -erfor-ed -y
one's -rand-arents and their -rand-arents. Ritual history tends to erode
less noticea-ly * around the -ar-ins at first, li-e the -an-s of a
ri-er. E-entually the ri-er shifts course, and few re-e--er how it once
flowed. The ne-t -eneration thin-s the ri-er has always flowed that way.

-y Wayne Curtis


happylabs: E(72) O(46) H(34) L(25) R(55) W(16) F(20)= 306
Pinot's Mom: A(55) T(71) S(50) Y(14) = 245
Felicia's Mom: N(39) U(19) C(13) = 90
Randi: I(47) = 94
Bibette & Lulu: D(20)= 20
Letters to guess:

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Now I'm really expecting guesses!