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  • HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS

    Halloween pumpkins painted in one of Picasso’s artistic styles was the prompt for our day, but our actual mission was to be present for a neighbor in need of a place to rest and recover her sense of self. Art affirms the makers, but we need to put our needs aside for the needs of…

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  • Pumpkins and Gourds

    Sometimes I can work for hours and end up with nothing to show for it. In grammar school, I could use the excuse, “The dog ate my diorama.” Today my primary reason is “The latest iOS upgrade sent my file into the far realms of the cloud and smashed it to smithereens while it was…

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  • The Persistence of Effort

    I was reading an article in the New York Times the other day. In “How I Learned to Love Finishing Last,” the author wrote about her slow pace as a runner. As one who regularly finishes last in my age group in the annual Spa 5K Walk each November, I’m optimistic one day I might…

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  • Changing Seasons

    When the seasons change, I have days when I drag. My get up and go has done got up and went. Perhaps my increasing age has something to do with this feeling, or the pandemic’s lack of social interaction has dulled my senses. Some days I think I’m moving through molasses, and then the next…

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