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Time Off Achieved
This past week I took my family on vacation. We went to a resort and enjoyed our time there to a great amount. While I was there, I purposely put down my pen and paper — ignoring my writing duties — as we all enjoyed our time together. But like all things, vacations end and…
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To Write (Essays) or Not…
I am working on writing about a tough topic. At about 700 words into it, I’ve barely scratched the surface of what I want to say in the essay. And the writing is slow. In truth, too often in the past I abandon these essays at the point I am at. I run out of…
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Finding That Line
I have a love/hate relationship with rules. While there is a part of me that absolutely strives to have rules in place, there’s another of me that wishes to throw them into a bonfire and dance around them. What it means is that I often have a lot of conflict in how I want to…
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Filtered Biases
What team do you belong? Democrat? Republican? Black; white? Are you a Phillies fan or a Yankees fan? Black Lives Matter? Proud Boys? Male? Female? All these and more we use to describe ourselves and others. We use it to identify and categorize each other, inferring traits and characteristics upon others or simply signaling our…
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To Know
I wonder often if there is a possible way to know everything. To truly know. Of course it isn’t possible, but is it worth the consideration? It stems a little from jealousy. Many people pose the appearance of absolute certainty that they know all there is to know. Even when proven wrong, the facade fails…