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The Flooded Basement and a Bit of Larceny by
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Imagine my shock as a kid when I saw my parents throw a set of luggage into the rising waters flooding our basement.
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The Great Jane Addams Library Flood by
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I’ve written about my years as head librarian at Jane Addams,  a New York City public vocational high school.  (See Magazines for the Principal,  The Parking Lot Seniority List,  Shelf List, The Diary of a Young Girl,  Early Session and Educator of the Year:  Remembering Milton) Here’s another story. Because of our large student body for many years our…
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Boston’s ‘Great Molasses Flood’ by
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  File under: ‘It could be worse.’ On a warm January day in 1919, a disaster struck Boston’s North End. A giant tank of molasses burst open, releasing a wave of sticky syrup that swept through the streets, crushing buildings and killing 21 people. The Great Molasses Flood, as it became known, was a bizarre and…
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Go n-eirí an t-ádh libh: Good luck to you both (in Gaelic) by
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I have not been married since 1994 so as long as I am going back in time I’ll go way back in time. In ancient Rome, it was believed that the bride was easy prey for vengeful spirits who would harm her. In order to confuse those spirits and chase them away, the Romans “invented”…
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Love and Marriage – For our 50th Anniversary* by
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In 1967, I left my hometown in Michigan to move to Chicago with Fred, who would be starting medical school. Before I moved, I received several dire warnings from the women in my family. My great-aunt Sarah shared that she had read several cases in The Jewish Daily Forward’s “A Bintel Brief” about women who…
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Long Term Marriages by
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David Brooks wrote an op-ed in the New York Times on August 17, 2023 stating that a long, successful marriage is more important to a happy life than a successful career. Let’s think about that for a moment; so many people strive for money, thinking it will buy happiness. But the position stated here is…
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Johnny by
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“If Not For You”
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