This week, our oldest, Joey, turns 40. My goodness, where have the years gone?
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44/52 – Happy Birthday and Last Words
Last words and connected lives.
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43/52 - The Kennedy Assassination
Where we you on November 22, 1963?
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42/52 – 70-ish
I am approaching an inconceivable milestone in January. Only a few months are left to make off-color jokes about my current age.
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41/52 - Rage
Well, it's been quite a week. We've gone someplace I thought we would never go as a country.
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40/52 – Money in Politics
Your first REAL job after college is always memorable. For most of us, in high school jobs, we were doing things that helped us understand what we did NOT want to do after college.
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39/52 - It's time to vote
Today, I proudly cast my early vote for Kamala Harris. One last post about the Trump Snake Oil.
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38-52 - Brotherhood
Fraternities can sometimes provide something even more valuable than beer. Although the beer is also pretty good.
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37/52 - Middle School
Let's see... 1967 is to 2024 as 1910 is to 1967. Yikes.
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36/52 – Villains, Collaborators, and Followers
How do democracies slip away? - Villains, Collaborators, and Followers.
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35/52 - Fleeting Fame
What are we doing with all of this technology?
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34/52 - Memory
A prayer for a gentle slide.
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33/52 - Hard questions
Thinking about 1933 and 2024.
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32/52 - Why are you here? Why Does the Church matter?
After a short introduction at Trinity Presbyterian this week, the pastor broke off the sermon and posed two questions -- "Why are you here?” and “Why does the church matter?"
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31/52 - The Place Where Dreams Come True
Sometimes, the full realization of your dreams requires taking a risk on someone. It requires a lot of trust. It can even require 3,935 days.
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30/52 - Lena’s Six Layer Honey Cloud Cake
In case you are wondering what the hell I am talking about (likely not the first time), this cake and the associated recipe are drawn from Kate Quinn’s new book, The Briar Club.
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29/52 - Political Courage
A look back at the under-appreciated legacy of LBJ. A great read from Doris Kearns Goodwin.
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28/52 - Meditations on the Fourth of July
A year ago, I sat on the law at Monticello in the blazing heat. I was there for the Naturalization service and swearing in of a brand spanking new group of American citizens. As the grandchild of four immigrants, it made me cry.
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27/52 - My Happy Place
I wrote this 25 years ago and just came across it. It was published in a local paper at the time.
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26/52 - New Year’s Resolutions at the Halfway Point
A cheating way to keep pace with my new year’s writing resolution.
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