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January 19, 2022
Geese in a V formation flying across a rich, blue sky.
January 19, 2022
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Being Number One

“One, two, three.” My 4-year-old grandson carefully counted and pointed to each of us sitting side by side on the sofa. Of course, he counted himself as one. His father, my son, sat in the middle and was assigned the number two spot. I, on the far end, was given […]
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December 20, 2021
Image of alps sticking out above the clouds by Laurent LELONG on Pixabay
December 20, 2021
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Mountain of Expectation

“Daggone it,” I thought. Here I was on a lifetime adventure and the clouds blocked my view.  I was flying from Rome to Munich as my 2019 dream vacation ended and I was headed home to the United States. In anticipation of a bird’s eye view of the Alps I […]
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November 11, 2021
Gravestones dappled by afternoon sunlight with the trees behind them beginning to change to their fall colors.
November 11, 2021
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Stone and Kin

Tomorrow my sister and I have an unusual appointment. Together we’re going to order a headstone for our paternal grandparents, Robert and Clara, who died back in the 1940s. They died before either of us was born and for whatever reason, unlike my mother’s family, we didn’t know much about […]
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