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Dear Children:
Some days are just not like all the rest. They can be different from all others for just one person, for a family, for a whole country, and sometimes for the whole world. Days worth remembering can be happy days … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster Response, Growing Up, History
Tagged 9-11, Feelings, History, Never Forget, News, Resilience, Sadness, Talking to Children, Violence
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Rituals and memories . . .
Updated — just a bit — in mid-March 2021, as we begin to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic that has held us all in its grip for the past year! One beautiful early spring day many years ago, while living … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Family, Friendship
Tagged Easter, Feelings, Food, Friendships, holidays, Passover, Random Thoughts, Ritual
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And then the unthinkable . . .
When a newsworthy event occurs in your own community, it takes time to sort out feelings and get on with life. When it happens across the street, it leaves a lasting impression that changes your feelings forever. Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Community, Disaster Response, Emergency Training, Feelings, First Aid, Gun Violence, Preparedness, Random Thoughts, Surviving, Violence
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Under a wandrin’ star…
There may be nothing new under the sun, as my grandmother was fond of saying. However, everything on the globe is new to you if you haven’t seen it before. Travel offers infinite possibilities — not only to see, do … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Inspiration, Travel
Tagged Cold, Feelings, Music, Random Thoughts, Road Trips, Travel, Vacations
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A moment in time crashes into the now. . .
9-11-2014: A scheduled trip brought us to the airport just at the time a memorial service began — what an experience it was. Continue reading
Memorial Day 2016
Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Armed Forces Day. They are, in a sense, the three-legged stool that anchors our union, much in the same way the three branches of government anchor its day-to-day operation. At least, that’s the way it’s supposed … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Democracy, Memorial Day, Patriotism, Uncategorized
Tagged Doing Good, Feelings, holidays, Hope, Politics, Random Thoughts, Social Action, Togetherness, Understanding, Veterans, War
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Some of my best friends are . . .
I have been thinking lately about that statement. No matter how you finish it off, it somehow sounds wrong, doesn’t it? So why do we keep repeating it? The only way, I think, that statement makes any sense, is if … Continue reading
Posted in Erewhon, Friendship, History
Tagged Belgium, Feelings, France, holidays, Israel, Military History, NATO, News, Random Thoughts, Togetherness, Understanding, War
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My backyard animal farm
There’s a possum in the yard! And at least one “family” of squirrels, a bunny who might have friends, redbirds and blue jays and a pair of large birds that look like cranes building a nest in a neighbor’s tree. … Continue reading
Posted in Erewhon, Uncategorized, Wild Things
Tagged animals, Environment, Feelings, living in the city, Nature, Random Thoughts, spring, wildlife
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Where’s my lightsaber?
Yes, I loved it! In 1977, I loved the first one. I have seen them all. What is it about Star Wars? There are more exciting stories, perhaps, but the thought of traveling to “a galaxy far, far away” never fails to … Continue reading
Right Off Main 
And now it’s personal . . .
Before the current Coronavirus pandemic ends, we will all be affected in ways we could not have imagined as little as a week ago. That has been brought home to me in a dozen different ways over just the past … Continue reading →