On May 10, 1933, university students burned more than 25,000 “un-German” books in Berlin’s Opera Square (pictured below). 40,000 people gathered to hear Nazi chief of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, make a speech in which he said, “No to decadence and moral corruption!” Sound familiar? This past January, the McMinn County Board of Education in Tennessee…
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Suprise Me
Maus
Prompted By Banned Books
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On May 10, 1933, university students burned more than 25,000 “un-German” books in Berlin’s Opera Square (pictured below). 40,000 people gathered to hear Nazi chief of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, make a speech in which he said, “No to decadence and moral corruption!” Sound familiar? This past January, the McMinn County Board of Education in Tennessee…
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As Real as It Gets
Prompted By The ER
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People at San Francisco General Hospital emergency room had T shirts printed up that included the tag line: “as real as it gets”. That pretty much summed up the big urban County Hospital experience where I was a medical student. The ER was where lives in crisis ended up—there, or in prison, or sometimes both.…
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Counting Pills
Prompted By Pills
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Instead of the usual “my name is” and “how are you” basics, I learned how to explain how many pills to take how often, with or without food, with cautions about dizziness, upset stomach or other side effects.
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Witnessing
Prompted By Something Wild
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A few days ago I had one of those experiences – the kind that you feel in your body before you know what it is – the kind that crystalizes some deep truth in your life. While walking in our local woods with my son, now 36, I noticed he had stopped behind me on…
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First Vote, Paper Ballot and “X” Stamp
Prompted By First Time Voting
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My first vote using a paper ballot and a rubber "x" stamp
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Anna Pavlova
Prompted By Family Myths
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My mother always had a wonderful sense of rhythm and a great ability to move her body to the beat of the music. I inherited that and my love of the arts from her. As a close friend, also with a depressed mother, said to me when I called to tell her of my mother’s…
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Still Advocating
Prompted By Question Authority
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When I started blogging, I named my blog “Still Advocating” — and indeed I am.
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Senior Moments
Prompted By Senior Moments
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I look back along the gently curving corridor of my life...
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From the Horse’s Mouth
Prompted By Gossip
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