These days not-like-me-o-phobia seems to be a common thread on the Oligarch-Bros sponsored social media, either is blatant posts or snide comments (tell me these are half-trained bots and people REALLY aren’t that uninformed!). I’ve been lucky in my life, working with people from diverse sectors of the population. And
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Thoughts from what I have seen on this road I walk.
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The Creativity Bag
I’ve heard the stories about writers keeping a notepad by their bed for those midnight Eureka moments. I would more likely knock the dang thing off my nightstand in the dark, along with my glasses! I am a people watcher, thinking about the ‘backstory’ when I encounter groups of people
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A Cannonading Drive
(Excerpted from ‘K444 – Growing Up In The Shadow of a Rusty Boat’) Danny Gallivan: “A scintillating Savardian spinorama!”Announcer” “Danny, there is no such word as scintillating!”Danny Gallivan: “There is now…” November 22nd, 1963 was one of those days – I remember all the hoopla and tears, but a month
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Summer Bag – Evolution
Last summer I wrote about making a carry bag for my water bottle, after cracking my kneecap on a swinging bottle while at Mooney’s Bay. The bag sort of worked, my knees escape further contusions, but I noticed I was still having to carry another bag for the essentials like
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Sam Bag – Evolution
One of the things I like about recycling / upcyclng discards is the chance to play with ideas. A few months ago I wrote about a messenger style bag I made from a pair of Sam’s toddler pants. Well over the last little while I have been toting it around,
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Frederick Buechner on Homosexuality
(I don’t often quote other peoples’ opinions on life but in this case this struck me as a very honest way to look at people – ml) ONE OF THE MANY WAYS that we are attracted to each other is sexually. We want to touch and be touched. We want