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The Apple Lady

Sooooo, back in the early '90s I ran a small desktop publishing firm, offering a variety of services under that umbrella: Do The Write Thing. One day, this amazing woman walked through my door…

Generations & mask wearing

If you’ve been finding yourself stymied, stumped and simply stopped dead in conversations about the importance of mask wearing and physical distancing, perhaps tuning into generational nuances will help move the conversation along.…

And so it begins

We were all once little, nascent beings, completely in the world and realm of our parents and caregivers. This photo of my mom with her first born (me) makes me smile. No sweet, poised photos…

Lines

When searching online for an image of people in a line, I found this image. Le sigh, for those of you who recognize what this is. 'Tis not to be this year. When you do…

Writin’ for Bean Counters

They were a lovely group. Very nice. Professional, of course. Even--well, given that they were "bean counters"--actually a bit fun to work with. While this link doesn't do justice to the volume of newsletters…

Conking

We have a family tradition of conking Easter eggs and having a friendly competition about it. My mother figured out how we could carry on the tradition by zoom, so she set about…

Nooooooooooooo!

Fourteen minutes away is my next ride. I take it. I’m in a part of Baltimore now that I’ve not been in before. It’s out of the city center, out of the area…

The TP scare of 2020

In the "TP Scare of 2020," I think it's a great opportunity for Americans (in particular) to examine their default expectations about the availability of resources ... and how much of those resources…