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Continue reading →: That’s Enough!
A while back I went with a friend to hear a local potter talk about her work. She was exceptionally articulate about her process and vision, and the small audience was very receptive. Pottery is one of the oldest art forms and the kiln is the tool of alchemical transformation…
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Continue reading →: How Cute is That!
The one great similarity between having children and having pets is the overwhelming urge to tell other people how cute, smart or talented they are. As I’ve mentioned before my cat Sweetie Pie wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer so I am left to sing her praises in the…
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Continue reading →: Love & Justice
When I pick books to read, I am much attracted to the slim volumes for I know these writers will usually get to point, tell their story and finish. I no longer have the time or patience to slog through 400, 500 or 600 pages of introspective musings or stream…
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Continue reading →: Art & Baseball
People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. Roger Hornsby As my Dad used to say, “Not every hit is a home run.” Okay, okay, he didn’t really say that, but…
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Continue reading →: Alphabet Soup
To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not sure about being quiet. G.K. Chesterton If there is any message to be remembered, any maxim to tattoo on your left bicep, it is “Simplify, simplify, simplify!” One day…
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Continue reading →: Missing in Action
The crayon-printed sign read “Missing Cat. Orange tiger, one white paw. Her name is Mitzy. Reward. 797-6395.” The printing on the yellow-lined paper was childish and awkward. I read it one morning taped to the mailbox in a neighbor’s front yard. Missing cats, missing children, missing lovers, missing in action. …
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Continue reading →: Lock, Stock & Barrel
The day started out innocently enough. My neighbor Gina, of the blond wig and rhinestone tiara fame, phoned me to ask if I was interested in going with her to the local food bank that afternoon. This month’s budget had been crippled by the annual car registration fees and smog…
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Continue reading →: The Father
“Catch me if I fall” – that universal prayer to the father who will be always be there under the tree we are climbing, in the car we are driving, in the race we are running. For while we thrill to the excitement of independence and self-determination, we are, at…
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Continue reading →: Chaos Theory
I remember a commercial on TV a few years ago sponsored by one of the car rental firms. This particular pitch showed the car’s dashboard sporting a built-in GPS. If you rented one of their cars, you would never get lost again — no matter how naturally befuddled or easily…
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Continue reading →: I Never Promied You a Rose a Garden
Marie Taylor 4 min read · Just now I was reading a science fiction book the other day in which the hero finds the ancient artifact that gives him a glimpse into his own future. Our hero is happy to discover he will live to a ripe old age, be…
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