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What’s So Great About Reading and Writing?

August 28, 2021 dcvance99

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

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

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

How Covid Sequestering Helped Acquaint Me with Our Insistent Outdoor Pets

July 8, 2021 dcvance99 2 Comments

Maybe during Covid I became a little too insular. Actually, I might’ve become a little too much a part of…

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Posted in: Environment Filed under: birds, nature, sequestering

Must the Tree Grow as the Twig is Bent?

June 19, 2021 dcvance99 2 Comments

Storytelling groups are springing up all over the city. One of them recently called for stories about the best and…

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Posted in: Memoir & Memories, Personal musings, Writing Filed under: Family, neighbors

Do We All Actually Just Name Ourselves?

June 5, 2021 dcvance99

In the 1946 film, “A Matter of Life and Death,” two newly dead WWII British pilots are on a tour…

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Posted in: Memoir & Memories, Personal musings Filed under: memoir, names

How Should We Handle Casual Remarks About Ourselves?

May 17, 2021 dcvance99 4 Comments

There’s a reason I don’t look forward to the end of mask-wearing. It’s not that I’ll miss my Van Gogh…

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Posted in: Memoir & Memories, Personal musings Filed under: Communication, memoir, small talk

Is It Possible for Animals to Violate Each Other’s Rights?

May 1, 2021 dcvance99 2 Comments

Probably everyone knows we communicate nonverbally, though maybe not everyone knows exactly what we’re communicating. Stories are plentiful about travelers…

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Posted in: Environment, Personal musings, Social Justice Filed under: birds, nature

How Do You Know What You Think You Know?

April 23, 2021 dcvance99

“Minari” actress Youn Yuh-jung stunned me by saying in a radio interview, “Self-sacrifice is human nature.”  What a refreshing improvement…

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Posted in: Memoir & Memories, Personal musings Filed under: cultural knowledge, tradition

Would You Mind Smelling Like a Poor Loser?

April 12, 2021 dcvance99

I used to compare my family with characters in Edgar Allan Poe’s house of Usher who suffered from an acuteness…

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Posted in: Memoir & Memories, Personal musings Filed under: feelings, memories, musings

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