I've spent the last few months in guilty inactivity. I've discovered that the world doesn't seem to need me to improve it.

Several readers ribbed me for being naive about Ruth’s barn-floor rendezvous with Boaz. She uncovers his “feet” and lies down next to them. Being slow on the uptake, I assumed that meant she uncovers ...

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