Photo of David playing with cicadas by Charles Lindsay.\u00a0<\/em>Photo of Clive & me by Sally Langa.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virtual Memories – season 3 episode 17 – Arts and Sciences and Bugs Today’s episode of The Virtual Memories Show is a little offbeat, but I have faith in you, dear listener! I take something that seems obscure, and it leads you to somewhere that is not where you expect. –David Rothenberg First, philosopher, musicologist, … <\/p>\n
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