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I helped Mom lick S&H Green stamps and put them in many, many books, but I have no memory of what she traded them in for. [...]
Earth Day 2019: The Notre Dame Fire
This Earth Day, let’s keep in mind that our actions today can improve our health and well-being tomorrow, provide a brighter [...]
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Long before the Covid vaccine, there were two other deadly diseases in our lifetime for which vaccines were a miracle cure.
Who Took the First Breath? Does Nine Minutes Matter?
I am the second born of a set of identical twins. Does our birth order – he (Twin A) older, I (Twin B) younger – make a [...]
Placerville, 1888 — Galoots in mud boots
I had no idea that part of me had come from this place, a California boardwalk town in the northern Sierras. I’d grown up in [...]
Some Words for Donald Trump: You Will Never be My Protector
Leaving aside his despicable political views and deeds, there is no way I would want this creep to protect me. He’s a gross, [...]
Of Stamps and Notes
My first serious hobby was philately . . . I didn't know it as "philately" until Tom Lehrer rhymed it with Lady Chatterley.
Baffled By Technology
I might have been a top software sales rep in my former life, but I never understood how to code or the underlying workings [...]
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