Two little Sony's and a tabletop radio in my bedroom.
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Suprise Me
Impressions: Radios
Prompted By Remembering Radios
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Two little Sony's and a tabletop radio in my bedroom.
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Lydia
Prompted By Tattoos and Piercings
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Lydia Before tattooing became as commonplace as it is today – especially for women – there was Lydia. And here’s Groucho to tell us all about her! – Dana Susan Lehrman
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Artist’s Statement
Prompted By Art and Art Museums
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A museumgoer and an artist, I think a lot about the symbiosis between looker and maker.
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Fire at Huddart Park
Prompted By Vacations
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Camping was fun when I was a kid. Fire was exciting and extinguished too soon.
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To Be or Not To Be
Prompted By Get Organized
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Someone else will just have to do my dirty work, someone without a sense of attachment, someone who won’t feel like they’re severing a lifeline to a lifetime.
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Lessons from Old Dacca
Prompted By Inequality
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Somehow, we turned into a street and found ourselves in Old Dacca, where we clearly didn’t belong.
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Kiss Your Ass Goodbye
Prompted By Cold War Coping
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All of us of a certain age remember the “duck and cover” drill, as if ducking under our desks would shield us from nuclear fall-out. We labeled it the “kiss your ass goodbye” move. After World War II, as more countries, particularly our mortal enemy, the Soviet Union, obtained nuclear capability, some built their own…
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Good Girl
Prompted By Good Trouble
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Good Girl As a kid I gave my parents little trouble and later showed only the usual rebellious teen spirit. (They disapproved of guys I dated, but that’s another story). And although I’ve stood on picket lines, argued before the Corps of Engineers against ecologically disastrous city projects, marched for good causes, volunteered for a few,…
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Fearless Forecast by Andrew Tobias
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If the truth be known, I am only vaguely aware of this year's GNP, let alone capable of projecting its level twelve months out.
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What to Wear: A Musician’s Wardrobe through the Decades
Prompted By What We Wore
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I favored one dress—an electric-blue sateen-spandex thing—that was cut down to here and up to there. It threatened to expose my left breast every time I reached for the bass notes.
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