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Breathing Life Back Into This Blog

After an absence longer that I thought it would be, I'm resurrecting this blog. During the pandemic last year, I wrote and never posted a series of essays about what was happening. I didn't post them because I thought we had enough voices commenting on all things...
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#BackToSchool

By the end of July, I'd be anxiously looking forward to the first day of school, usually Tuesday after Labor Day. I know I'm weird, but I loved school. Meeting friends. New teachers. New subjects.My mother would let me pick out two new outfits. Only two, because we...
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Finding Peace in the Time of COVID-19

We're all doing our best to stay calm in the midst of a daily tsunami of bad news. As a writer, it's less difficult to stay home than it is for someone who works outside the home.  I mean, writing is a very solitary sport. True, some of my friends do...
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Unwind

Such a simple word. Alas, not enough people truly unwind today.  Most of us are strung too tightly. We think we are unwinding when we stop for dinner, until we realize we are staring at a screen too much of the time. Many eat with the television on, which dampens...
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#BackToSchool

Jul 28, 2020 |

By the end of July, I'd be anxiously looking forward to the first day of school, usually Tuesday after Labor Day. I...

Unwind

Unwind

Apr 25, 2016 | , ,

Such a simple word. Alas, not enough people truly unwind today.  Most of us are strung too tightly. We think we are...