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Reeling in the years
Dear 2023, I had hopes for you. Not big hopes. Not high hopes. Just a solemn wish for things to be a little better than the past few years have been. I'm not blaming the pandemic, things were tough before it tried to take over the world. But you should... Continue reading
Posted Apr 21, 2023 at serendipity
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Things she left behind
Posted Apr 7, 2022 at serendipity
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Margaret Corinne Vail Raas Kacsmar
Posted Apr 7, 2022 at serendipity
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Overboard
They say that every group has an asshole. If you're in a group, and you don't know who the asshole is, it's probably you." -They Truer words were never spoken in my opinion, especially when it comes to group travel. There's always one guy. And I say "guy" loosely, because... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2021 at serendipity
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Your Wish is Granted
A Teenager's Timeline to Home Schooling, Courtesy of COVID-19 Every week (sometimes every day), driving to school, before the virus: "I hate this place! I hate everything about it! I hate everyone here! Can I stay home? Mom! Let me stay home! I can do home-schooling!" The week before "shelter... Continue reading
Posted Mar 19, 2020 at serendipity
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Falling in Love Again
Posted Mar 14, 2018 at serendipity
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The Kindness of Grandmothers
Whenever I pass someone on my dog-walking path, I always remove my earphones, and if we start talking I remove my glasses. Not everyone says hello, but many do and I don't want to miss any of them. Whether it comes as a simple head nod or actual words, that... Continue reading
Posted Dec 12, 2017 at serendipity
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Ghost Story
As much as it may seem ridiculous, I have to admit that I've seen a couple of strange things that make me unable to say for sure that ghosts don't exist. How's that for a straight answer? A story: when we moved to Pacific Heights we moved into a nice... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity
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Juju crashes in denver
Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity
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Escape from Birmingham
I’m on the last leg home, Denver to San Francisco, and we are in the back of the plane with the other parolees, er parents. There are at least 4 infants and a dozen kids under the age of 8. Most of them are behaving well, except for the little... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity
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It's been interesting, but now I'm done
Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity
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This is love
A couple of months ago I attended a party with a bunch of people I don't know very well. As I was surveying the crowd, I was struck by a woman who was clearly a transvestite. She had on the slinkiest, ugliest and shortest skirt in the room and sadly,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity
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42, 64 and 86
Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity
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Hotel Mirror
Posted Apr 26, 2017 at serendipity
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Who's that girl?
Posted Apr 25, 2017 at serendipity
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The tooth fairy strikes again
(From July 2005) Cassandre has had one really wiggly tooth for months now. Finally today it came out - in a flourish of blood in the bread of her sandwich (so gross). It immediately fell into the grass at YMCA camp. One of her counselors searched for it on his... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2017 at serendipity
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trials of the tooth fairy
(From June 2005) Cassandre has lost another front tooth. I need to take a photo of her because she is the poster girl for seven year old girls. Long messy hair, wearing only skirts and shirts that show her belly, fake tattoos, gel glitter and now a big gaping smile.... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2017 at serendipity
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The tooth fairy cometh
Posted Apr 25, 2017 at serendipity
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When it's ok to let go
The first thing they teach you in lifeguard school is that there is nothing more dangerous than a drowning person. A drowning person can only think of one thing: survival, and if they have to make you go under the water for them to go up in the air, well... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2017 at serendipity
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The Story of Gringo
Posted Sep 20, 2016 at serendipity
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This is Not a Test
Posted Aug 31, 2016 at serendipity
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Doctor My Eyes
I'm the perfect house sitter, although no one ever asks me to do it. My perfection stems not from a good and reliable character, although I think I have some of that, but more from not wanting to know too much about my friends. In short, I don't snoop. I... Continue reading
Posted Aug 26, 2015 at serendipity
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The List (Everything Happens at Once)
1. Ensure that everyone who is supposed to deliver important assisting equipment to my mother's apartment, does. Again. For the third time. Because three's the charm and the first two times they came they got it 50% wrong. How does someone get a 4-item list 50% wrong TWICE? 2. Ensure... Continue reading
Posted Mar 2, 2015 at serendipity
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Playing Doctor
My mother's recent hospital stay, for a severe allergic reaction and medication interaction, was nothing short of terrifying. She was so far from acting like herself that at times I wondered if she would ever be herself again. Things are better now, but she is still not what I would... Continue reading
Posted Feb 18, 2015 at serendipity
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Flutter
She sits in bed and scratches her shoulder. Scratches her face. The top of her head. Her knee. Her ankle. That hard-to-reach place between her shoulder blades. Ah, that's it. Everything itches. A nurse says "Try not to itch that." I know she's just trying to be nice, to be... Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2015 at serendipity
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