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Dishwasher Science

The grandkids have chores around the house. The older two, for example, take turns loading and unloading the dishwasher. The other day, my son reminded my grandson (10) it was his turn to unload the dishwasher. Immediately my granddaughter (13) … Continue reading

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My Wife, My Friend, My Love on our Anniversary

Forty-five years ago, almost to the hour, I was in the courtyard at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, NJ, contemplating the biggest decision I had ever faced in my young life. It was there I experienced … Continue reading

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Faith and Action

I received a strange message the other night. It read, “Do you take requests for your writings? If so I’d like to hear about faith vs. personal responsibility.” Whoa. My first thought was, why me? I mean, that’s pretty deep … Continue reading

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Men are from Mars …

I don’t know what triggered the thought, but my mind wandered back to the early 90s. There was a wildly popular book by Dr. John Gray, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. Karen read it and insisted I … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Listen

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. I missed last week’s exercise on FALL (in Illinois at my granddaughter’s graduation … another story), although I might post it independently. Anyway, you might remember the task at hand is to … Continue reading

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Newspaper rant

When newspaper executives get together, we usually wring our hands and bemoan the changing role of print media. We have a passion for what we produce and we know there is a segment of the population that values what we … Continue reading

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Not Perfect … Forgiven

I was talking with a friend the other day and she said, from my blogs, I must have had the perfect marriage. Whoa! A perfect marriage? No, definitely not perfect, although given our naivete and youth, our divergent backgrounds and … Continue reading

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Wednesday Writing VIII

Well, it’s Wednesday. Time to revisit our collaborative community story. I know there are a number of professional and amateur writers following or at least visiting this blog, so now’s you chance to contribute … and we can use your … Continue reading

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That All May Be One

The light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman was furious and honked her … Continue reading

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Wednesday Writing VII

Well, it’s Wednesday. Time to revisit our collaborative community story. I know there are a number of professional and amateur writers following or at least visiting this blog, so now’s you chance to contribute … and we can use your … Continue reading

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