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Hearts and Soap

She wants to paint a pumpkin so that it matches the colorful white ghost costume she plans to wear for Halloween. At three, she doesn’t know that white and colorful are mutually exclusive. I can only imagine what she thinks Halloween is all about. But...

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08 October
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Medical Wrinkles

In the midst of the coronavirus panic, I had done some age-inappropriate exercise and ripped something in my knee. It had been swollen and tender for several months. Finally, this morning I sat down with my physician to evaluate the results of yesterday’s knee MRI.   “You’ve...

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10 August
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Rhymes of History

In ways my grandparents and parents could never have envisioned, I have become my great-grandfather. I now know what the wisest among us mean when they say that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme. Whether iambic pentameter or free verse, there is a...

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04 June
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Memorial Day in the Year 2020

A few college kids gather at the frat house across the road to celebrate their graduation. They are wild. They bounce a basketball rhythmically against a wall, nonstop, for hours. Shrieks of laughter emanate from the windows. Doors slam. They play music I don’t understand...

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29 May
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Time Warp

Once upon a time, in a place somewhere between yesterday and tomorrow, I lived with my wife in a bustling city on the East Coast of the United States. We had many friends with whom we had wonderful dinners; we went dancing occasionally; and it...

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15 April
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