{"id":3970,"date":"2005-07-22T17:08:32","date_gmt":"2005-07-22T21:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/07\/22\/dog-day-paddling-with-jim-kac"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:33","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:33","slug":"dog-day-paddling-with-jim-kacian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/07\/22\/dog-day-paddling-with-jim-kacian\/","title":{"rendered":"dog-day paddling with jim kacian"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Honored Guest Poet, and the generous author of a <\/FONT><\/FONT>haiku-how-to<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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primer that premiered at this website.  Jim’s <\/FONT>going to be in my neck <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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of Upstate New York this weekend <\/FONT>(probably kayaking and feasting <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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with John Stevenson and Yu <\/FONT>Chang), so I thought I send a big hello <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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from the multiple <\/FONT>personalities at f\/k\/a<\/EM>.<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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sundown —<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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