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Some make it a practice to look back at regular intervals and identify and evaluate the categories of what has occurred. Besides cataloguing the week’s or the month’s experiences they look for patterns. It helps to decide what deserves a second look. Receipt keepers look at where the money went.
You’ve just arrived at a long awaited, weekend getaway. You selected a remote location for maximum relaxation but now it doesn’t seem like such a brilliant idea. You’ve gone to the toilet five times in the past hour and are starting to experience a familiar discomfort in your pelvis. You
Was it a dream or a nightmare? Or a promise? For hundreds of thousands of prospective immigrants, the sight of the Statue of Liberty was the promise and the hope that their lives and those of their families, and in some cases entire villages, would instantly improve. They came to
There is no exaggeration in the name The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze that bedazzles scores of families and kids up in Croton-On-Hudson’s Van Cortlandt Manor beginning in September and ending right after Thanksgiving Day. The event is still packing them in even though Halloween was nearly two weeks ago. The
Halloween 2017 served up an unusual set of memories. They included the story of sweet, little pigtailed pre-K girls emerging to their waiting parents wearing greater than usual collections of Band-Aids. Next, it called back the compassionate insight of a college applicant. And, finally, a chilling look at a hate-note.
Smooth, like butter, we were uplifted; we hovered, then we soared above Westchester County. The blades whooshed overhead, but headphones muffled the sound, and with microphones pulled around to the side of our face, the seven of us could speak to one another. Our pilot, Anthony Ianni, or as he
Today marks a full four months and six days since my hubby of sixty years and I moved to our Happy-Ever-After retirement community cottage. We are settling in very nicely. Tomorrow the last pictures will be hung in my “office,” and by the end of this week our closets will
In the 1980s, the White House declared a “War on Drugs,” with First Lady Nancy Reagan popularizing the slogan, “Just Say No.” An advertising campaign was targeted at young people using recreational drugs, giving them strategies for opting out when pressured by friends. The DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program
Some make it a practice to look back at regular intervals and identify and evaluate the categories of what has occurred. Besides cataloguing the week’s or the month’s experiences they look for patterns. It helps to decide what deserves a second look. Receipt keepers look at where the money went. Writers listen for echoes and identify themes. Taking a leaf from the writer’s approach, I noted some “echoes” worth sharing. So, what are the echoes
You’ve just arrived at a long awaited, weekend getaway. You selected a remote location for maximum relaxation but now it doesn’t seem like such a brilliant idea. You’ve gone to the toilet five times in the past hour and are starting to experience a familiar discomfort in your pelvis. You can’t believe it! Of all times for this to happen. The closest health center is over 100 miles away and it’s may even be closed
Was it a dream or a nightmare? Or a promise? For hundreds of thousands of prospective immigrants, the sight of the Statue of Liberty was the promise and the hope that their lives and those of their families, and in some cases entire villages, would instantly improve. They came to America in droves to escape persecution, hunger, and disease. For many, the boat ride over the Atlantic Ocean was almost as harrowing as the conditions
There is no exaggeration in the name The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze that bedazzles scores of families and kids up in Croton-On-Hudson’s Van Cortlandt Manor beginning in September and ending right after Thanksgiving Day. The event is still packing them in even though Halloween was nearly two weeks ago. The draw is more than just viewing carved pumpkins, but the ginormous amount of them, in variety of intricate and fun designs from Celtic Knots to
Halloween 2017 served up an unusual set of memories. They included the story of sweet, little pigtailed pre-K girls emerging to their waiting parents wearing greater than usual collections of Band-Aids. Next, it called back the compassionate insight of a college applicant. And, finally, a chilling look at a hate-note. The three moments stored in memory took on a strange connection, reappearing as somehow related. Three seemingly unrelated moments appeared to be asking to be
Smooth, like butter, we were uplifted; we hovered, then we soared above Westchester County. The blades whooshed overhead, but headphones muffled the sound, and with microphones pulled around to the side of our face, the seven of us could speak to one another. Our pilot, Anthony Ianni, or as he said, “Tony from the Bronx,” deftly handled the flight-check with the air traffic controllers, maneuvered levers and pushed things on the dashboard. He did a
Today marks a full four months and six days since my hubby of sixty years and I moved to our Happy-Ever-After retirement community cottage. We are settling in very nicely. Tomorrow the last pictures will be hung in my “office,” and by the end of this week our closets will be ready for winter, with summer stashed snugly in the attic. “Learn something new every day.” It is amazing how it happens. The other day
In the 1980s, the White House declared a “War on Drugs,” with First Lady Nancy Reagan popularizing the slogan, “Just Say No.” An advertising campaign was targeted at young people using recreational drugs, giving them strategies for opting out when pressured by friends. The DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program was brought into schools and taught to students beginning in grade four. These initiatives have had mixed results. While both certainly increased the public’s awareness
