Tim Torkildson's Clown Alley
The Poet Laureate of the New York Times Newsroom
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Memories of the Circus: The Pyramid of Cans
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I was with the Ringling Blue Unit forty-some years ago and we were playing Madison Square Garden in late April, when my clown partner for...
Equity and Justice
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. . . and there was great order in the land; and they had formed their laws according to equity and justice. 3 Nephi 6:4 When equit...
Postcards to my President
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Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Photo Essay: Provo City Center Temple. Christmas Day. 2019.
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Throwing Cabbages.
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I got sick and tired of repeating my life story years ago. I don't like talking about it now. I'd rather hear about other people...
There was no darkness
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And it came to pass that the words which came unto Nephi were fulfilled, according as they had been spoken; for behold, at the going down ...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Cease Contention.
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Behold, this is not my doctrine, to stir up the hearts of men with anger, one against another; but this is my doctrine, that such things ...
Monday, December 23, 2019
A 13-year-old boy made two trips to a barbershop in suburban Houston over the weekend: first to get his haircut, and a second time to witness his father argue with the barber over the outcome. Before it was all over, sheriff’s deputies say, the father shot the barber three times and then fled with his son.
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@bellwak Growing up, the barbershop was a peaceful quiet stop where the barber, clad in white, clipped my hair til it was tig...
Be of good cheer
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. . . be of good cheer , for I will lead you along. The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours, and the riches of e...
Fur and Libel Cases in Virginia.
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The fur is flying ev'rywhere/cuz people do not care to wear/the pelts of foxes or mongoose/and furriers are cutting loose/with adverti...
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