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Crossing One Off The Bucket List
As far back as I can remember I dreamed of traveling. There were so many places I wished to see. The term “bucket [...]
Fish in the Street, Snakes Under Glass
When I looked out the front door, I saw a hip-deep lake where my yard had been ...
A picnic with Velma
She didn’t seem thrown off by how forward I was, or by the fact that I had not bothered to give her any advance notice I was [...]
Can’t Find My Way Home
It was probably the most traumatic event of my life, and certainly the most traumatic event of Molly's.
Enchanted
In one of life’s ironies we moved to an even nicer part of town when my father fell ill. Our new house, set on a hill, [...]
The Fork In The Road
Years ago, while visiting my sister, one Sunday I went to church with her and her family. I remember the pastor delivering [...]
Our Chemical Companions: A Meditation on Modern Medicine (with a Side of Cynicism)
Far out, far out, far out. Let’s talk pills, folks. Those little sugar-coated suckers that have been [...]
Ulysses
Ulysses Please don’t think I’m an insufferable literary snob if I tell you I’ve read Ulysses several times. But in fact I [...]
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