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Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?
And the winner is: My aunt Ruth! I’ve written about my Aunt Ruth and her buttons here and in my book. She inspired me to [...]
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Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow was Bill Clinton's campaign song.
A Few Small Tokens and Buttons
I describe a few buttons and tokens from my past, and today’s sticker, “I Voted”.
Badges and Buttons in the Drawers and on the Shelves of an Addled Mind
Buttons and badges are a way of preserving memories. They may not be the most important memories, for who knows why we kept [...]
Joey’s button
I knew Grandma Geitel as a seamstress, a maker of chicken soup with knaidelach, someone who drank hot tea in a glass with [...]
Badges? I ain’t got no stinkin’ badges.*
Alas, I have no buttons, pins or badges. Well, I do have a David Bowie pin, a couple peace pins, and a Save The Whales pin. [...]
Signs of election times
Trump signs are thankfully MIA, and Biden signs are relatively rare, since this preference is assumed.
I’m Persisting, I’m Speaking, and I’m Voting
Random thoughts from a nasty woman facing a long winter … One of my favorite political memes is “Nevertheless, she [...]
Reflections of the Times
I have never worn my “heart on my sleeve”. We’ve given a LOT of money in this campaign cycle, more [...]
Nuthin’ on Buttons
This will be a pretty short story because, as my title pretty obviously foreshadows, I don’t have much to say on this [...]
A Sign on the Doorpost
Our post-war Manhattan apartment building recently underwent a major renovation – new elevators and new lobby [...]
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Oh!
Her mouth rounded as she faced us and said, "This is Oh--Oh--repeat after me:
Prompted By First Day of School
September 13, 2015
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