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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
October 26, 2008
As every Constant Reader knows, a penumbra is first of all the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, such as a planet. A penumbra is also “a shadowy, indefinite or marginal area.” As every writer learns in the cradle, words have their....
