Yesterday, a Shade guy and his two sons came by to take measurements for some outdoor shades, and as he pulled (barreled?) into our driveway, his brakes failed, and he rammed my car into the …
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how to know you married the right person
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there is nothing like a dame
Earlier this week, I found myself getting my hair done next to a stunningly beautiful woman, like a woman beautiful not because of makeup, but because of inner life glow, alive eyes, white white teeth …
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A Bird on the Hand
Yesterday, while surrounded by the comforts of the controlled environment in which I live, I found myself thinking about how rarely I step out of my comfort zone. MAYBE I take risks while writing? PERHAPS? …
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I am Guilty Of
There’s a thing I do, as a contemporary robot person with robot computer phone brain and human heart, that I would like to stop doing. And so, like most things that I don’t enjoy about …
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Beverly, Forever
As I relish / writhe in this life phase I’ll call ‘pre-kid aware,’ in which I don’t have kids yet but want them, and so think of all life things in terms of having or …
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Taking Notes
As an adult, I have a sort of casual, magical relationship with church. I like the feeling of showing up when I want, wearing what I want, crying because no one knows me, leaving after …
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Let’s all listen to Geri
One of the highlights of my 2018 was randomly connected with a retired therapist, Geri, who grew up with my Grandma Roberta, during an Ashkenazi immigrant cultural heyday in Brooklyn. Please let it never be …
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HEY, TREE
THE EAST COAST CALLED, IT WANTS ITS TREE BACK IT CALLED AGAIN BECAUSE IT’S OBVIOUSLY QUITE DISTRAUGHT AS ITS MISSING ITS TREE HONESTLY, THE EAST COAST SERIOUSLY JUST KEEPS CALLING IT’S LIKE EAST COAST, LEARN …
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It is not lost on me
That every element of this quiet morning is flammable. (EXCEPT FOR MORRISON AND CRACKER. FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT MORRISON WEARS A FLAME RETARDANT SUPERHERO SUIT BENEATH HIS SKIN AND THAT HE COULD AND WOULD SAVE THIS …
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gun control for babies
Poor mental health is a definitely large factor in mass shootings Another large factor in mass shootings would be guns Poor mental health, even when observed by trained professionals, is tricky to regulate, as you …