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What Random Truth Does the Pandemic Year Challenge?

November 12, 2020 dcvance99 4 Comments

The drama among the Spring Grove swans, gliding tranquilly on their spring-fed lakes, has reached Shakespearean levels. Where this drama…

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Posted in: Environment, Personal musings Filed under: Relationships

What’s Paradoxical about Shark Squalene?

October 11, 2020 dcvance99 2 Comments

the paradox is that while we can cure humans by killing sharks, we’ll simultaneously damage large parts of the oceans’ ecosystems, leading to the type of situation that brought us Covid. Maybe the fish we eat will carry disease, or maybe the water itself.

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Posted in: Environment, Personal musings Filed under: ecosystem, legislation, ocean

Can You Live Without a Fridge?

September 25, 2020 dcvance99

Rescuing food from the dead refrigerator sent me into a reverie. At age 19, I went to live in Italy…

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Posted in: Environment, Memoir & Memories, Personal musings Filed under: carbon footprint, surviving Covid

Is There a Reason to Write Letters Anymore?

August 13, 2020 dcvance99

To send card in the mail? If not, this isn’t the time to start jamming up the US mail, so…

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Posted in: Personal musings Filed under: correspondence, friendships, social media

Is Love Stronger than Hate?

July 31, 2020 dcvance99

How we collectively answer this will determine whether humanity can survive the current pandemic and any future global catastrophes (remember…

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Posted in: Personal musings Filed under: love trumps hate, surviving Covid

How Should You Handle Your Unpleasant Memories?

June 28, 2020 dcvance99

Remembering childhood may feel like fun or like a curse. Though my bad memories can never be construed as fun,…

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Posted in: Memoir & Memories, Personal musings Filed under: evolving consciousness

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