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From Aunt Erma’s Cope Book My mom, Mary, loved Erma Bombeck. She bought her paperbacks and read her newspaper articles, often clipping them out and sending them to me…a young…
Someday when I see perfectly clearly a feeling preserved forever in some connection within my flesh and blood, it’s a “crystal clear moment.” Oh, bring these moments in a parade to…
Are you a canny glove salesman?
Do you worry excessively? That’s not healthy.
What do you do on Sunday morning?
I sent my DNA spit-sample to Ancestry.com and discovered I am: 36% Scandinavian 28% Europe Western 20% Irish 9% Ibero-European-mostly centered in France and Spain 1% Mali 1-2% South Indian 1-2% Caucasus I’m…
One of the things I love about studying history is the sense of how interpretations are overlapped by time. So often what we think is “truth” is opinion, even when…
This is my thought for today. Of course if you don’t agree, that’s fine. Don’t get bent out of shape. Just reply or message me. It is kinda long because…
Did you ever sit down and just write down the names of your friends and acquaintances? Do that, and then think of something good about them: maybe they are a…
So I wonder, is working a few hours a week on top of my already busy days foolish? Still it looks so fun; well I don’t know, fun?
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