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  • - Teddy Bear Lane - When I was a kid, my mother and I used to look forward to the holidays because we would drive around our small town and look at the Christmas decorations. We always looked forward to "Teddy Bear L…

  • "History illuminates reality, vitalises memory, provides guidance in daily life." - Cicero - It's a Gift - I always think it's interesting to see what memories I use to reflect upon my relationships with other peo…

  • - Haunted - Recently I've started to gain a deeper appreciation of the paranormal. Like many other things, I think there's always a kernel of truth from which the mythology springs. But of course, like many other …

  • "Too often, life in New York is merely a squalid succession of days; whereas in fact it can be a great living adventure." - Fiorello La Guardia "I subscribe to William Faulkner's view that history is not just about w…

  • - Runway - 1. What is it about doing a load of laundry (when it's long overdue) that makes me feel like a rich man? Last night, I was like, "Look at all of this clean underwear! What a luxury!" (That morning, I had …

  • "Men have need of history because, without it, the past threatens to overwhelm them." -Guy Fregault, La guerre de la conquête - One Year Ago - I think that there are events in our lives which act as markers, which …

  • "... Who's the doctor, anyway? Can you prove that he's on this ship?" "I can. All I have to do is call him." "No. I mean, standing here, in this instant, you can't prove he's here, can you?" "Not without moving, I …

  • - Writing Group Homework - ASSIGNMENTOption #1 Write a short fairy tale or myth using two elements from column A and one element from column B. Around 300 words. Column A dog kitchen utensil calculator/abacus/or whate…

  • - Immune Smoothie Smart Food Bliss - On my afternoon smoothie break on Monday, I thought about a recent conversation that I'd had with a good, smoothie-friend. I was lamenting the death of the true long-distance rela…

  • - Circumstances - From its origins as our nation's first capitol to its present-day status as the center of the world, our city's had so much life crammed into its twenty-three square miles. It's hard for me to imagine…