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Cook</a></span> </h3> <span class="short_description">An American Sonnet to those to whom we have said "Farewell".</span> <br style="clear:both"/> </div> <div> <a href="/pieces/176981"><img alt="Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/series_images/33623/Breathing_square.jpg" style="float:left;margin-right: 0.5em;" version="square" width="75" /></a> <!-- <a href="https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/176981-still-a-fried-mosquito-and-a-black-eyed-pea-frogg"><img alt="Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/series_images/33623/Breathing_square.jpg" style="float:left;margin-right: 0.5em;" version="square" width="75" /></a> --> <h3><a href="/pieces/176981">Still a Fried Mosquito and A Black-eyed Pea: Froggy Still A-Courting to Take Down the Affordable ...</a> <span style="font-size:0.9em;">(07:02)</span><br/> <span style="font-size:0.9em;">From: <a href="/users/63227-theriveriswide">Susan J. Cook</a></span> </h3> <span class="short_description">Back in 2005, Dana Connors, Maine State Chamber of Commerce president said, "This is not the time or place to expand Maine care coverage to more uninsured. “ He ignored that ...</span> <br style="clear:both"/> </div> <div> <a href="/pieces/57772"><img alt="Piece image" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/126593/CitizensGuide3_square.JPG" style="float:left;margin-right: 0.5em;" version="square" width="75" /></a> <!-- <a href="https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/57772-a-citizen-s-guide-to-cynicism"><img alt="Piece image" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/126593/CitizensGuide3_square.JPG" style="float:left;margin-right: 0.5em;" version="square" width="75" /></a> --> <h3><a href="/pieces/57772">A Citizen's Guide to Cynicism</a> <span style="font-size:0.9em;">(03:04)</span><br/> <span style="font-size:0.9em;">From: <a href="/users/63227-theriveriswide">Susan J. Cook</a></span> </h3> <span class="short_description">Thirteen plus years or so after I posted the first commentary for The River is Wide series, this remains true: Speaking and seeking the truth is not cynical.</span> <br style="clear:both"/> </div> <div> <a href="/pieces/59556"><img alt="Caption: And if yoga can't help?" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/124773/yogatruck_square.JPG" style="float:left;margin-right: 0.5em;" version="square" width="75" /></a> <!-- <a href="https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/59556-bringing-the-truck-to-yoga"><img alt="Caption: And if yoga can't help?" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/124773/yogatruck_square.JPG" style="float:left;margin-right: 0.5em;" version="square" width="75" /></a> --> <h3><a href="/pieces/59556">Bringing The Truck To Yoga</a> <span style="font-size:0.9em;">(01:00)</span><br/> <span style="font-size:0.9em;">From: <a href="/users/63227-theriveriswide">Susan J. Cook</a></span> </h3> <span class="short_description">I am trying to care for the health of someone special by bringing him to my yoga class and his insurance is required!!..</span> <br style="clear:both"/> </div> <div> <a href="/pieces/61142"><img alt="Piece image" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/146520/fishcanoe3_square.jpg" style="float:left;margin-right: 0.5em;" version="square" width="75" /></a> <!-- <a href="https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/61142-behind-the-counter-what-labor-really-looks-like"><img alt="Piece image" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/146520/fishcanoe3_square.jpg" style="float:left;margin-right: 0.5em;" version="square" width="75" /></a> --> <h3><a href="/pieces/61142">Behind the Counter: What Labor Really Looks Like</a> <span style="font-size:0.9em;">(:57)</span><br/> <span style="font-size:0.9em;">From: <a href="/users/63227-theriveriswide">Susan J. 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