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Kathryn Duncan

Kathryn Duncan

Avoiding Despair

I voted for Kamala Harris. If you didn’t, you should stop reading.

Nov 7

Avoiding Despair

Nov 7

Kathryn Duncan

Failure Is Always an Option

Diana Nyad is a marathon swimmer known for amazing feats achieved in her youth that include swimming the 28 miles around Manhattan and the…

Jun 9

Failure Is Always an Option

Jun 9

Kathryn Duncan

Keeping Christmas Well

We’re all familiar with Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in one form or another. We may never have read the original text, but there are…

Dec 23, 2023

Keeping Christmas Well

Dec 23, 2023

Kathryn Duncan

Trapped

I’m a Nobody.

Jun 22, 2023

Trapped

Jun 22, 2023

Kathryn Duncan

What’s the Story?

I’ve always loved that lovable bear, Winnie-the-Pooh. Some of this is due to his own charms and some thanks to the association of Pooh with…

Jun 8, 2023

What’s the Story?

Jun 8, 2023

Kathryn Duncan

Rip Currents

I grew up in Florida near the coast, and I have spent most of my life here, so it only makes sense that I love the water. According to my…

May 25, 2023

Rip Currents

May 25, 2023

Kathryn Duncan

Yay May!

The first line of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a celebration of the month of April, so verdant after the drought of March, a…

May 11, 2023

Yay May!

May 11, 2023

Kathryn Duncan

The World Is Too Much with Me

When Buddhists speak of the monkey mind, they are referring to the chatter in our heads that keeps us in the past or ahead in the future…

Apr 13, 2023

The World Is Too Much with Me

Apr 13, 2023

Kathryn Duncan

The Pirate’s Life for Me

When I wrote my dissertation (a book-length document on the subject of my choice) as the last step toward earning my Ph.D. in literature…

Feb 9, 2023

The Pirate’s Life for Me

Feb 9, 2023

Kathryn Duncan

Endings

My mom’s birthday is Saturday. She died in August 2019, but I still mark the occasion the same way as when she was living. I order a king…

Jan 26, 2023

Endings

Jan 26, 2023

Kathryn Duncan

Kathryn Duncan

Kathryn Duncan is an English professor and author of the book Jane Austen and the Buddha: Teachers of Enlightenment.

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