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Read more: My favorite presentsHaving birthdays isn’t so bad when you can grow older with lots of good friends. My very good friend Leslie sent me three wonderful presents.…
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Read more: The past expandsI am having a major birthday this month. My book club defines a major birthday as one that involves a change in decades. And, I…
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Read more: Don’t mess with Texas womenI am the proud owner of a poster from the Women’s March in Austin in January 2017. It features a woman’s leg with a red…
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Read more: Welcoming babies in the SenateThe U.S. Senate voted unanimously to allow members to bring their newborns on the chamber floor. Some older male senators were reluctant at first because…
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Read more: We are marchingIn the past two years, some 20 percent of all Americans have attended a rally or protest or march, reports the Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation.…
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Read more: Silence and hopeI have been thinking about the wisdom of Fred Rogers ever since I saw the documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” On his Christmas cards,…
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Read more: Bette Graham—overlooked no moreThe New York Times just published an obituary of Bette Graham, who invented Liquid Paper, “the correction fluid that relieved secretaries and writers around the…
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Read more: Take what you want“Women have been trained in our culture and society to ask for what we want instead of taking what we want…,” says Ava DuVernay, director…
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Read more: Lunch in Sanger, TexasMy daughter Mary Elizabeth and her partner Jesús just bought a house in Sanger, Texas, and already they’re good friends with GiGi at GiGi’s Cafe.…
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Read more: Emma’s chipping at stone walls in AfricaMy niece Emma is coaching a basketball team, cooking chocolate chip cookies and applying band-aids. In Namibia in Africa. Where she is a Peace Corps…