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One under par from the roof

Yesterday I was out of the house all day on various errands, which included a workout appointment and an extended research session at the local library to gather sources for an upcoming grad school paper.  When I got back it was mid-afternoon … Continue reading

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That’s the way God wants it

Having grown up in a TV-loving family, it’s hard for me to work in total silence when I’m at home.  Even while Husband and I were on vacation recently I usually had the television on in the background while I … Continue reading

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Disaster Prone

It all started a couple of weeks ago as I sat in my home office working at my desk.  Something moved.  I thought it was me, then I thought it was just my stomach that went whoops and skidded sideways.  … Continue reading

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Every Picture Tells

Husband looked around our house the other day and made the same comment he’s been making almost since we got married ten years ago:  there’s too much stuff in here.  Of course, after a decade of living together a nice … Continue reading

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The Price of Miracles

This morning while I ate my bowl of 80 calorie Fiber One, I watched a story on the Today show about an 11-year-old kid at a charity hockey game out in Minnesota.  Seems his name was drawn in a halftime … Continue reading

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“You can let go of his neck now. He’s dead, Harry.”

When I bought my MINI Cooper this past spring, it came with a free one-year subscription to Sirius/XM radio.  At first I thought big deal, canned music.  Then Husband turned me on to a station that runs classic radio shows from the … Continue reading

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The Battles of Marwencol

Several years ago, I opened an art magazine and read a feature about an upstate New York man with an astounding story.  His name is Mark Hogancamp, and in April of 2000, he was beaten senseless outside a bar in … Continue reading

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After the Wheel

Today I went to our local post office to drop some letters off.  I am a big fan of the mailboxes that sit across from the post office entrance, the boxes for people doing the drive-by-drop-off thing without getting out … Continue reading

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Back on Solid Ground

There’s a saying that goes “A mother is only as happy as her least happy child.” I don’t know who said it, but it’s a famous quote that happens to be true about any mother who is connected to her … Continue reading

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Repressionable

I am taking a graduate English course at the moment called Literature & Psychoanalysis. You’re no doubt already aware that there are elements of the author’s psyche present in all works of literature. Like everyone else, writers have pasts and memories … Continue reading

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