"Don't worry. They have everything at IKEA. They probably even have the IKEA birthing room. Look, you've already peed your pants in a liquor store. What have you got to lose?"
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Suprise Me
Holding On, Letting Go
Prompted By Home
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"Don't worry. They have everything at IKEA. They probably even have the IKEA birthing room. Look, you've already peed your pants in a liquor store. What have you got to lose?"
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What is Faith?
Prompted By Faith
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What is faith? I struggle with the concept. We were minimally Jewish, attending services sporadically, though my brother and I were faithful Sunday school attendees, until my brother was 12. He was not being prepped for a bar mitzvah, unlike every other boy in his class. Girls still weren’t able to be “called to the Torah”…
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Why I Love/Hate Facebook
Prompted By The Social Network
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I get why Facebook can be a good thing. Like my mother, I love seeing photos of folks I know (although not so much their food). It’s fun to discover an old friend and learn about the latest news from a friend or relative I don't see very often. It is an interesting diversion as well as a way for me to get my blog posts out to folks who want to read them. But in the run-up to the 2016 election and after, Facebook has become something else: a place to spew hatred and divisiveness.
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“To see into another’s heart, Eyes are the place to start”
Prompted By The Eyes Have It
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Science calls it Iris Recognition technology. Most humans call it looking into the windows of the soul.
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Ad Hoc Family Thanksgiving
Prompted By Gratitude
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One year the Native Americans even showed up.
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Not My Parents’ Retirement
Prompted By Retirement
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I had optimistic hopes about what retirement would be like, tempered with realism.
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The Sisters Remember
Prompted By Theater
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(Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion”) ― Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie The Sisters Remember My sister’s…
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Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
Prompted By Directionally Challenged
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I do not have a good sense of direction. I'm usually good with maps, unless I have them upside down. And grateful now to have GPS.
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Tapestry
Prompted By Art’s Impact
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Tapestry A few years ago my husband’s college roommate Ken invited us to join him on a trip to Normandy. I had a bit of a hassle replacing my missing travel documents, but eventually all was resolved. (See The Purloined Passport) We flew first to Paris where we visited with family and friends, then rented…
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