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Yesterday I posted about Death and Taxes, the American inevitabilities. It was a scary day for a friend and her husband, which prompted thoughts of such a day in my life. Over 100 days have passed. With some emotional distance, perhaps I can write it out...it was...
Death and Taxes
Back story and other info about a famous phrase uttered by one of our founding fathers, Ben Franklin, of whom I’m very fond.
House guests #4: whether you like it or not
The winter season has passed and taken its weather with it. Weather happens whether we like it or not, so we grin and bare it. We are blessed in southern California because with weather we most often get to bare it, not bear it. Ha-ha-yeah! As you know we have...
Dunk!
It was the 60's in northwestern Indiana. Though our small town was proximate to the trials of the Chicago 7 and pre-election riots televised for all to see, we were worlds apart. We lived the idyllic, self-contained, ritualistic life of those close to the land....
I feel Pretty
"Pretty, I feel pretty..." I never related to this tuneful phrase until after my cancer diagnosis, with its treatment and trials, not the least of which was discovering that I was not included with 'them'. Triple bad and ugly. It was very difficult to assimilate that....
Pink vs. Blue Sweetener
Look at the sweetener array. I paused each time I opened the kitchen cupboard when visiting my parents' home in Indiana. Confronted with choices before I'd sipped the coffee in my mug...yikes! Confusion. Complications. All I wanted was to get my day started with...
#1 US April Fools Hoax
In its April 1985 edition, Sports Illustrated published an article by George Plimpton that described an incredible rookie baseball player who was training at the Mets camp in St. Petersburg, Florida. The player was named Sidd Finch (Sidd being short for...
Social Life
I relish my momma's advice because I so seldom got any; she was a busy homemaker. Every word was cash in the bank, kept in memory for all it was worth. Because it was always pithy and true, a keeper. "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"; "You...
Why it’s all not memoir
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