When Friendship is the Reliable Bond of Trust

We often hear friends described by adjectives: lifelong, best, close, social, active, convenient, or acquainted. What…

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Boom. Silence. Grateful to be Alive. Reset.

It was a Tuesday at dusk. I was driving home after running an errand like I…

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The Queen, Because There Was Only one in my lifetime

Like many of my generation, we have known only one British monarch, HM Queen Elizabeth II.…

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Vulnerability, Truthful Discovery in a Nutshell

A year ago, talking with a friend, I asked, “What would be something I should write…

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Pride, Gratitude, Beamish Reverie, and More Things

The month of June could not have started but with a flurry of activity that Murphy’s…

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The Day Flowers Came to Life on Paper (1991)

The day the flowers came to paper, it was like it always is when you know…

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Wicked Easter in Naples (1962)

This short story was written by my mother 60 years ago while she was a young…

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Hold the line, Ukraine!

In part and as a whole, Ukraine has a fraught history of cycles of occupation and…

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