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Hmm, what do I want to be when I grow up?

When I was a child, the answer I gave to “What do you want to be when you…

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Let’s talk about matters of life and death

According to Census.gov, in the United States one birth occurs approximately every nine seconds, and one death every…

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I thank God that ‘and it came to pass’ is true

Phwift, phwift, phwift, phwift. You could hear me coming at least a block away. Pair my considerable childhood…

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Santa letters and the real joy of Christmas

I hope you’ll take the time to read some, if not all, of the letters to Santa in…

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What might the world look like otherwise?

About 20 years ago, I read two novels pretty much back-to-back. Both by the same author, the stories…

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If you have an addictive personality …

I have an addictive personality. There, I said it. I acknowledge it. It’s apparently somewhat genetic, possibly stemming…

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It does not matter what day we celebrate

When my children were much younger and all living at home, Christmas Day usually involved the following: 1.…

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You can have hope from hardheartedness

My favorite ghost story is a Christmas story. It’s a story most everyone knows, even if they are…

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‘Just because you’re paranoid …’

“I’m only paranoid because they want me dead.” — Jerry Fletcher, “‘Conspiracy Theory” “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t…

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Have shortage issues reshuffled immigration priorities?

The global COVID-19 pandemic produced more than physical and emotional illness, suffering, and death over the last two…