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Do You Think the Arts Affect Us Because of Vibrations?

April 3, 2021 dcvance99 4 Comments

Popular opinion says we’re simply a collection of stimulus-response and that our response to art is caused by effects of…

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Posted in: Media, Memoir & Memories, Personal musings, Writing Filed under: arts, Music

Why Is It So Hard To Talk About the Most Important Things?

March 27, 2021 dcvance99 2 Comments

Mom would complain if Dad told his army stories, saying he was glorifying war. But that was like saying “Catch-22” glorified war.

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Posted in: Memoir & Memories, Personal musings Filed under: Spirituality

If We Grasped How Weird People Are, Would We Venture Outside?

March 21, 2021 dcvance99

They wondered what I meant by answering yes to the question about whether I could make a fair assessment.

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Posted in: Personal musings, Social Justice Filed under: justice system

Why Haven’t We Recognized the Inventive Housewives in History?

March 13, 2021 dcvance99

Women were written out of history in other areas where they excelled but were overcome by men, especially when profits started accruing.

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Posted in: Personal musings, Social Justice Filed under: women

How Do We Learn to Be Good Parents?

March 6, 2021 dcvance99 2 Comments

As a child, I was fascinated and horrified by a neighbor lady with freckles covering her face and limbs. As…

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Posted in: Memoir & Memories Filed under: Family, parenting

Do You See Yourself as a Person First?

February 27, 2021 dcvance99

Femaleness is an unmistakable theme in my novel “Sylvie Denied.” I was born female in a female body, never questioned…

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Posted in: Memoir & Memories, Personal musings, Social Justice Filed under: Family, gender roles

“Sylvie Denied” Sees the Light Today — 2-21-21

February 20, 2021 dcvance99 1 Comment

There’s much to discuss!

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Posted in: Media, Writing Filed under: coming of age, MeToo, Sylvie Denied, women's fiction

What Is Fiction About, Really?

February 17, 2021 dcvance99

What’s my novel about?  Allow me to take you down the rabbit hole. Book publishing wants specifics about where to…

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Posted in: Media, Writing

What’s So Scary about Those Noises in the House?

February 10, 2021 dcvance99

You know that feeling after you’ve watched a horror movie and your ears are attuned to every little noise in…

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Posted in: Environment, Personal musings Filed under: house noises, wildlife

Who says acting like animals is a bad thing?

January 31, 2021 dcvance99 2 Comments

I’m fortunate to live next to an urban woods and seeing a lot of wildlife. I also have occasion to…

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Posted in: Environment, Social Justice

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