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3 Wise Guys Who Helped Me Through COVID-Quarantine
Three wise men helped my husband and I get through the past year, when COVID-19 was winding down, then re-surging, and seemed never willing to give up its killing power. These dudes helped us to salvage and restore our beliefs in an outside world that we’d be able to venture into soon: Rick Steves, Stephen Colbert, and Huell Howser.
It’s a ‘Books’ Christmas this year
Despite the paper shortage, it’s a books holiday gift for me and mine – what about you?
When is Spam not Spam?
The necessary, yet sometimes nefarious, spam filter
Quarantine Profiteers
Businesses which benefitted from the coronavirus and its resultant quarantine – and the essay compilation that I scribed to pass the time
The High Cost of Carmel
the tale of the unintended – yet sensational – consequences of our obligation/vacation to Carmel
Writing Stresses, Messes, and Successes
Writing Stresses and Successes – may you have each in equal measure. Happy holidays to IWSG members –
Storytelling Makes Hearts Beat as One
A human heart is so much more than an organ. No one says they left their pancreas in San Francisco or that two kidneys beat as one. Folks do say that two people can be joined at the hip... But I digress. Most people ascribe to the axiom that two hearts can beat as one...
Coffee Table Books
In the post-COVID era, people are entertaining in their homes again. Enter the debate about the presence and purpose of coffee table books.
The Boost of a Booster
Celebrating my personal freedom from Covid-19, two years after the disease first appeared, with a third dose of Pfizer vaccine
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