Social media feuds happen all the time. Especially since the forty-fifth president/reality television and game show host Donald Trump took over the West Wing. “He needs to tweet like we need to eat,” Kellyanne Conway, his White House counselor, said in an interview. In a presidency unlike any other, where Mr. Trump wakes to Twitter, […]
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I looked up the word karma the other day. It means action, work, or deed; it also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where the intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual. I was telling a friend that my ex-wife did something, again, to hurt me while
This virus is making me nuts. I mean absolutely crazy. Somebody asked me what day it was. I looked at my phone and replied, “Tuesday.” The next question. “What month is this?” I again looked at my phone. “May.” I had lost touch with the calendar. I stopped for a moment as this thought came
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It was colder than Joe expected as he walked from the elevator to his Lexus. He was wearing his zippered sweatshirt, olive cargo shorts, and sneakers. When he started the engine, he turned the heat to 78 before changing the radio to Maddog Sports. He heard the howling of the wind as he approached Interstate
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Let’s take a break from the coronavirus for a few moments. Let’s go back to everyone’s favorite topic after a mass shooting. Do you know what’s great about COVID-19? With everybody locked up, there have been two months of no school or workplace or hospital or movie theater shootings. Nothing has been open. Oy vey!
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Life was different in the 60s. How you ask? My mother, for example, would leave me at home when I was five years old and drive my older brother and sister to school. What did I know? She would turn on the television in the den and I would watch Captain Kangaroo. While waiting for
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Amid the starlight was the ever glow of the moon, that mother of the sky watching over every beating heart, steady and true. She was reflecting off the backyard pond, splashing down its watery white-silver glow, illuminating the houses surrounding her. And in the distance, the trees were silhouetted against the deep, dark sky. “So,
“Hello,” she said, picking up the kitchen phone. “No. Not yet. Yes, they’re both here. Okay, let me just give it to him and I’ll meet you at Neiman’s in about twenty minutes.” Upon hanging up, my mother walked into the dining room, picked up a large white Macy’s box, and dropped it on my
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The small room was filling up on this very warm, and humid July South Florida morning. Old friends and family from New York had arrived at Palm Beach International Airport on the same flight without knowing they were heading to the same destination. The backroom saw the family standing by Maddie Gibbs, draped in black
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Just the sight of the blue waters, the feel of the sea breeze, and the warmth of the sand under your feet are enough to let your everyday cares fly away. The expanse of the ocean has a way of helping put everything into perspective. The soothing roar of the crashing waves sings a gentle
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