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Sparky the drone dipped lower over the tree, its low-battery alarm and lights beeping frantically as I tried desperately to steer it out of the woods and onto the lawn. I was scrambling through the muck, trying to keep it in sight, and my foot got sucked into one of the many gloppy pits which make up my backyard. Then Sparky crashed into the branches, bounced a bit farther down. and then stopped. About 50 feet up.  more

Before I could leave it behind forever, I had to squeeze whatever money I could from New York.   After 20 years at home and half a philosophy M.A., a year of  pavement pounding … more