"Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd,
To bow and to bend we will not be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come round right."
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zeit·geist
/ˈzītˌɡīst/
noun
the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.
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"On a recent Friday afternoon, a violinist in jeans stood outside the fenced front door of the shuttered grocery co-op Northwest Food Front playing “Simple Gifts,” the poignant Shaker hymn."
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fence
/fens/
Crime · Informal
Fencing
verb
past tense: fenced; past participle: fenced
1.
surround or protect with a fence.
"our garden was not fully fenced"
Similar:
enclose
surround
circumscribe
encircle
circle
encompass
bound
form a barrier around
form a ring around
divide up
section off
separate off
partition off
cut off
cordon off
close off
isolate
segregate
seal
close
gird
girdle
engird
compass
2.
INFORMAL
deal in (stolen goods).
"after stealing your ring, he didn't even know how to fence it"
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'On a recent Friday afternoon, a violinist in jeans stood outside the fenced front door of the shuttered grocery co-op Northwest Food Front playing “Simple Gifts,” the poignant Shaker hymn."
Look at the photo.
Is the entrance fenced? How am I standing near the entry way. It's NOT fenced.
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Which brings up another pressing issue:
Who, exactly, is the membership?
Me.
The violinist who was unaware of any photo being taken or article being written.
My Food Front member tag is displayed in my violin case.
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'Chronic graffiti sprawls across the co-op’s windows. For a time, an unknown benefactor wiped it away during the night. "
Wrong again.
I wiped away the black marker that covered all the windows on Thurman side.
I did it at noon.
And I'm not a benefactor, but an OWNER.
"But an especially large graffiti display installed last week is too much for a good Samaritan to tackle with a bucket of soapy water."
90% pure rubbing alcohol. Try soapy journalism.
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"They may have to take out ads in local newspapers to find members, Grivas said."
Oh, the guy who had a roofing contractor there may fork over our money....to some....local newspaper.
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So I'm Urban clutter.
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