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The news was bleak. President Donald Trump had just announced he was COVID free a day after the White House doctor said he was no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say explicitly whether Trump had tested negative for it. Trump, who was poised Monday to host his first rally after […]
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Writing a poem for a girl can be a simple task… or a laborious task, depending on your state of mind. Really. A hundred million songs swirl about every time I think of her. Don’t believe me? Something, You Are So Beautiful, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Every Time I Think of
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The pandemic was in its infancy when the call came. Warm sun from the cloudless sky beat down on his exposed legs clobbered with sunscreen. It was a typical beach day in Delray. Nothing could be better. Resting on his beach chair, he observed the wide expanse of chaos held at the beach. The slight breeze
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Those words were uttered by my 8th-grade history teacher, Mister Pacione. It was 1975 and he was referring to the New York Mets of two years earlier. A last-place ball club in August who came within one game of winning the World Series. “So be grateful for them. Allow yourself to enjoy. Embrace those moments.
It was dark. Darker than he could remember. No stars. No moon. Just the vastness of the universe. Day turned to evening and eventually into the night and the emptiness of the sky. He was tired but had no desire to sleep for fear of where that might take him. He thought for a moment.
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The mobile phone on the front seat was beeping and flashing as I was pulling out of my parking spot in front of the office on Fifth Avenue in Delray. I had just turned on my satellite radio as Elton John was singing. It was obvious he wanted to perform a duet. When that occurs,
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I can tell you the time. Honestly, the big hand, the little hand, and so on. I can definitely tell the time, but a moment came a few years ago when I discovered… why bother? One side-effect of the rise of mobile phones, PC’s, and tablets was that analog clocks became decorative and watches irrelevant. As
It was a simple question with a simple answer. Of course, I wasn’t afraid to be happy. Everyone in this world is fighting to find their forever happiness. But as the question started to seep into my brain and I looked at the source of the question, someone I loved more than anything, I realized
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The synagogue was filling up. After what felt like an eternity, the day had arrived. The planning that you ignored and the people who you knew but did not know each other were being ushered into the main sanctuary. Your brother, who you mistakenly asked to be your Best Man, opened the back door allowing
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It’s getting darker. The lights are dim, and I am straining to see. But it’s there. I’m not driving, and I am not in a drug-induced hallucination. I am however wrestling consciously and subconsciously with two thoughts so opposite I cannot comprehend what’s going on. One is a nightmare. It’s recurring. It won’t leave. It
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