Suprise Me
I lost to a girl!
Prompted By Spelling
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Aruba Nights
Prompted By Nannies and Babysitters
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Aruba Nights Somewhere among all the art work, photos, and birthday cards I’ve saved over the years are a few sheets of drawing paper with crayoned sketches, fastened together with string to make a little book – a precious piece of memorabilia from my son’s childhood. Noah must have been about four when we took…
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Forbidden Fruit
Prompted By Drive-Ins
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We watched her go through (what I now know are) the five stages of grief in a matter of seconds.
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The ’80s Called…
Prompted By My First Computer
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…and they want their stuff back! Oh, the clunkyness of it all. This photo is easily worth one thousand words, but instead: my favorite screen saver: On Mighty Toaster Wings!
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Resolved: Time and the River
Prompted By Resolutions
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Early in this new year, I resolve to take a walk on a quiet byway down to a river. On my way, I’ll find a stick dry enough to snap from its source and large enough to see at a distance. When I reach a bridge, I’ll walk halfway across and lean over the downstream…
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Some Manners I Don’t Miss
Prompted By Manners
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Here are a few manners I didn’t pass on to my kids …
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On the Aisle
Prompted By Theater
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The Play That Goes Wrong – sidesplitting. On the Aisle As a girl I dreamt of a life on the stage, I acted in neighborhood and college theater, and spent a wonderful summer directing camp productions, but alas I didn’t pursue that early dream. (See Theater Dreams, and Piano Man – Remembering Herb) But going to the…
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Superstition, science, blind faith, denial, and ignorance: a trumped-up world view
Prompted By Superstition
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If an event happens once, it can — and probably will — happen again.
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Silence
Prompted By Is Where I’m From Who I Am?
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One of the most remarkable discoveries of my dive into family history is the connection between my mother and a close friend with a secret (from me) history.
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Even I Have Limits
Prompted By Good Trouble
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