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Hitting Reset
I remember my days playing NES in my parents’ assigned apartment back on base in Germany. I was only 10 or 11 years old at the time we lived overseas, my father posted at what used to be Peden Barracks outside of Wertheim, Germany. My brothers and I were delighted to be gifted that Nintendo…
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The Question
Hours passed. Eyes were fixated on everything and nothing. Bland walls decorated in the standard method of the hotel surrounded me. The same paintings I’ve seen in every other room I’ve stayed in from that chain were there in front of me. They were aesthetically pleasing in a sterile way, the kind of way meant…
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to open or not to open…
I was supposed to make a trip this weekend to pick up family that is spending the summer with us. That trip was postponed. In the age of COVID, said family member had come into direct contact with someone else we know who tested positive for the virus the next day. In fact, said family…
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Are We Trying?
I’ve been wearing thin on the news, as I am sure many have. There are simply too many wonderfully terrible examples available to us allowing us each the opportunity to condemn humanity. There are also plenty of reasons to be angry. There are those who abuse their power, taking either resources or lives away from…