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Woosh! Friendship lost and regained. Whew!
Woosh. All the air left Bonnie’s lungs. The moments-ago lobby scene with Jackie was bad—well, she admitted it had been a fight. Not like the grasping-and-clawing, utterly gross mudwrestling Bonnie had glimpsed during an online search for one of Pastor Rankin’s...
Life as a Miracle: an evening dress and an ICU visit
This miracle started with a fundraiser, well, it actually started with a disease. Cancer, the big, f***ing, frightening disease. I'd had breast cancer - and before that, my mom did. We survived, lived to tell our tale and show our support for others facing the...
What love is –
What love is: relentless tender feelings and accommodation of foibles... utter lack of practicality to provide any and all support... ardent devotion gingerly mingled with silliness: to take oneself seriously is to undermine the nature of loving another more than...
Creative Outlets for Me and Thee
Reading feeds my spirit and writing saves my soul. I share my self. What about you?
Our Friends are Here! Our Friends are Here!
February 7 is my birthday and it’s a Big -0! Do come to the BackBay Conference Center, 3415 Michelson, Irvine 92612. We can’t have fun without you!
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Aspen, the Community of One
Our friends in Colorado gushed over the fall color, the golden oneness of an Aspen grove when my husband and I rhapsodized about the fall color that we missed from our childhoods in the Midwest, during a visit with them last June. Later they showed the aspens in...
12-step program for accumulated pen return
During a burst of housecleaning, a seldom-seen occurrence in our house, I found a drawer full of pens with bank logos, our optometrist, UCI MIND (ha-Alzheimer's research), our church, swag from a fellow author... It suddenly occurred to me that I was/am a wanton...
The point of Hide’nSeek is to lose –
What was your favorite childhood game? Did you hopscotch, play board games, jump rope, or kick the can? https://www.pjcolando.com/recess-reminiscence/ Was your sports passion baseball, volleyball, football, or golf? Whether you spectated or played, did you have a...
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