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Read more: The struggles of a lifetimeSometimes when I need inspiration, I find it. Why do I keep fighting the same battles? Why do I have to constantly remind myself that…
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Read more: Live delightfullyMy friend Susan usually arrives in a perky hat. Often with a joke to share. Always with a big smile. Because Susan is a splendid…
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Read more: An adult in disguiseJust when I’m thinking that I am the only one with issues, my good friend Susan sends me a quote that reminds me to lighten…
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Read more: Begin anywhere along the wayI’ve been thinking about Barbara Scheiber’s novel We’ll Go to Coney Island because, just like the characters in the book, I’ve been feeling stuck—stuck in…
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Read more: Continuing to beginRachel, finally, realizes how her marriage has been colored by the hurt and disappointment of her parents’ marriage. She had merged her husband with the…
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Read more: Nedotepa?Rachel studies Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” in a college class in Barbara Scheiber’s book We’ll Go to Coney Island. The characters are “all so pitiful,”…
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Read more: Failure is impossibleOn November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted. By voting, Anthony had broken the law because women didn’t get the right to vote until after…
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Read more: Happy Fourth of JulyI’ve been worried recently about the health of Bob, my brother-in-law, the situations in Iraq, Syria and the Ukraine and several minor issues. Maybe that’s…
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Read more: Girls can do everythingIt was 1872, and Blanche was 12 years old when she announced: “I am going to be a steamboat captain someday.” Mr. Blackstone, captain of…
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Read more: A weight gain of two tons a yearRecently, when I stepped on the scale and shrieked in dismay because I had gained a few pounds, I remembered the Sauropods, the world’s largest…