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  • Happy Trails

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    A few years ago, I broke a six-year abstinence and bought a television set. I did stop short of getting cable and in the days that followed, I watched a 21st century television with a $5 pair of rabbit ears antenna. I got ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS, plus a…

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  • A Hair-Raising Experience

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    “But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” St. Matthew My tongue flicks the corner of my mouth and a tingling prickle ensues. What’s this! Another lick alerts my ever-attentive tongue to the presence of an intruder. I dispatch an exploratory finger to the site. Damn! The tongue…

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  • No Laughing Matter

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    I no longer listen to the news of the world. At 81, I am too old to risk getting depressed. Instead, I take a walk on the sunny side of the street and cast around for things that make me smile like funny animals on YouTube. Laughter is a dangerous…

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  • A Passing Acquaintance

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    I was sitting at a picnic table at the neighborhood park and enjoying the spring sunshine when an older man sat down on the other side. “How old do you think I am?” he says, pulling off his John Deere Tractors hat and bending his white head down for my…

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  • What Happens Next?

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    We all have our little indulgences or secret pleasures, those things which we turn to for a temporary relief from the stresses of daily life or as a reward for a battle well fought. For some it is a drink or cigarette, some expensive chocolates or relaxing massage. For me…

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  • Worshipping the Sun

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    My understanding of things scientific is limited to broad and sweeping generalities. This by no means deters me from devising speculative theories such as those I have been pondering of late about the nature of the sun. From what I understand, the sun is like a gigantic atomic furnace that…

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I’m Marie

I’ve gathered together a variety of stories, essays, anecdotes and observations I’ve written over the years. I hope you find something to enjoy!

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