Category Archives: We the People

Amoeba’s Lorica: Phantom Chasm

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Amoeba

It is a sunny, warm December day in sunny California, marred only by a burnt umber haze on the eastern horizon, the first hint of the oncoming winter fire season. Christmas decorations hang from the trees and shrubs in the … Continue reading →

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Amoeba’s Lorica: The Way We Were (and Aren’t)

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Amoeba

So, this morning (18 November 2020), Your Friendly Neighborhood Amoeba was driving to work, listening to a classic rock radio station (we pause briefly while the Gen Z’ers do a websearch on ‘radio station’), and this song comes on. A … Continue reading →

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Amoeba’s Lorica: Zen and the Art of Golf Course Greens Mowing

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Amoeba

…any book about class must take the form of explaining working-class life to middle-class people. – Lynsey Hanley, 2008; in her review of the book Deer Hunting With Jesus. It is five o’clock in the morning of a mid-July day … Continue reading →

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