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Editor’s Note

Editor Michael J. Kramer writes about the latest writing in The Carryall and other news of the publication.


  • Editor’s Note

    Tortoise Defeats Hare

    By

    Michael J. Kramer

    April 7, 2026
    Tortoise Defeats Hare

    Welcome to Issue 02 of The Carryall, crawling out to you this spring and summer. Slowly But Surely I sometimes joke that The Carryall should have been called The Tortoise. We move slowly. Of course, in Aesop’s Fables, the tortoise defeats the hare. May it also be so with The Carryall. For the rollout (crawl

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  • Editor’s Note

    What’s Our Bag?

    By

    Michael J. Kramer

    February 27, 2025
    What’s Our Bag?

    Opening thoughts from the editor of The Carryall.

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