I may not have remembered where I was 40 years ago when man first lanced on the moon. And I can pretty much guarantee that by next week, I will have forgotten all the circumstances surrounding Michael Jackson’s death, regardless of the fact that I spent roughly 150 hours watching CNN’s coverage of it. But…
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Until about an hour ago, I thought the meanest thing my husband and I had ever done to our son Alec was not buying him a dog. But according to an article in Social Science Quarterly – What? You don’t read that? – we have also given him a terrible burden to bear. A friend…
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Until about an hour ago, I thought the meanest thing my husband and I had ever done to our son Alec was not buying him a dog. But according to an article in Social Science Quarterly – What? You don’t read that? – we have also given him a terrible burden to bear. A friend…
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A good friend who cares about my blog and my reputation as a writer with some shred of merit, sensed  that I needed inspiration and sent me an idea tonight. He was watching a show on the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing and was suddenly struck that he was the same age, 13, when…
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One of the best things about writing a daily blog is you can pour out your heart, express your frustrations, confess your weaknesses and occasionally, when you’re in the mood, embarrass your family.   You can talk about your son’s piano lessons, your daughter’s new bed and your sister’s old boyfriend, and not get fired….
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