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Do You Know How Your Logic Makes Your Decision-making Tick?

April 2, 2022 dcvance99 Leave a comment

Danielle, who cuts my hair, is tall, thin, gorgeous and used to work as a fashion model in New York…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: evolving consciousness, Family, memoir, talking back to power

How Can We Ever Know What’s Really Happening in the World?

February 26, 2022 dcvance99 Leave a comment

My novel Sylvie Denied is set at a pivotal moment when lively discourses occurred on still unsettled issues — the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: social media

Religion as the Voice of Reason

February 5, 2022 dcvance99 2 Comments

People of many faiths are perceived as symbols of hate rather than havens of peace and love, a view rooted in media stories referring to violent groups as “religions”, because they claim to be, often by confusing fanaticism with religion.

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Posted in: Personal musings, Social Justice, Writing Filed under: evolving consciousness

How Crazy Would Life Be Without Leash Laws?

December 18, 2021 dcvance99 Leave a comment

When my mom was a kid, the family dog Spot would accompany my grandfather on the El on the forty-minute…

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Posted in: Personal musings, Social Justice Filed under: animals, nature

When Did Our Cars Become Fashion Accessories?

November 19, 2021 dcvance99 2 Comments

Friends and family love making fun of my car. They just can’t believe I prefer what it has: hand-cranked windows,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Family, fashion statement, self-image

Was Your Courtship Full of Miscommunication?

October 17, 2021 dcvance99 4 Comments

It took them a very long time to warm up to each other. For one thing Moe is much older…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: environment, Family, nature

Can We All Please Give Insects a Break?

September 18, 2021 dcvance99 Leave a comment

You may fear them, you may hate them, but we really can’t live without them. So we need to try…

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What’s So Great About Reading and Writing?

August 28, 2021 dcvance99 Leave a comment

I’d like to thank and warmly welcome the new readers and writers who recently signed up through Authors XP. Please…

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Posted in: Media, Writing Filed under: Family

Where Does Your Mind Go When You Work on an Assembly Line?

August 11, 2021 dcvance99 Leave a comment

I belong to a civic-minded group that decided to volunteer at a food pantry as a team-building exercise. Twelve of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: environment, gardening

Should Musicians Quit Talking and Let the Music Unite?

July 26, 2021 dcvance99 Leave a comment

The sun was low in the sky but still quite warm on an early summer evening. We found a spot…

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Posted in: Media, Memoir & Memories, Personal musings Filed under: concerts, discourse, Music, musicians

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