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Aug 3, 2017
Giggly fathers
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The VCR whirred into life at the exact moment when my mother had overpowered my father. He was lying on his back, trying (and failing) to ...
Mar 22, 2017
A percolating jog
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A little boy travels on the Commuter Train to Boston with me most mornings. He's about 4 years old and hard to miss once he hits t...
Jan 10, 2017
Otherness
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A slightly edited version of this post also ran on https://humanwriters.blog/2017/01/19/otherness// Fourth grade, 1980, Doha, Qatar. ...
Nov 16, 2016
#OneWaltham against hate
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Address to the School Committee for Waltham Public Schools during the public comments period of their bi-monthly meeting on 16th November,...
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Oct 17, 2016
Out of synch
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One misaligned spine in a tidy row of 'books' drew me. To a cliched metaphor about Conformity. Then the host of the yard sal...
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Jun 2, 2016
Odometer Clicks
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This piece will be performed as a piece of oral story telling at a public production called 'Voices' on June 4th and 5th (2016) at...
Apr 22, 2016
"The Cleaner": birth of an idea
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We were spending a lazy summer weekend at our neighbors 'camp' on the shores of a New Hampshire lake when my friend Anu's FB t...
Apr 20, 2016
Other mothers, 2015
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(Written May 2015 but published April 2016) We had just finished up at Oyons doctor yesterday afternoon. On his way out, Dr. Biller paus...
Jan 22, 2016
Empty threats
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As I collected my 9 year old from school, he excitedly whispered in my ear.... "The dog ate my biscuit!" The bright little f...
Dec 17, 2015
Santa: out of the Chimney, into the fire
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"M told me the truth about Santa, you know." he mumbled from atop his bunk bed. I only caught the glint of wet eyes because he ...
Oct 7, 2015
Tom, who feels fortunate
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Last night a friend was bemoaning the poor state of her focus that prevented her reading "100 years of solitude". It just took t...
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Oct 5, 2015
Tooth Fairy in a tutu
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Just before Christmas, th e Gingerbread man shaped box had called out " Stocking stuffer! " from the grocery store end-cap and s...
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Sep 24, 2015
Of demons & monst-ahs
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Early this morning, a horrible nightmare that had wound itself around my sleep receded quickly as consciousness dawned. Something about a b...
Sep 11, 2015
Not remembering
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On this anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack on NYC, I am able to neither respond nor subscribe to the requests to 'Never forget'...
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