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A VISIT WITH MY BFF – BY ELLIN CURLEY
My all-time BFF is my daughter, Sarah. I’m unlucky in that she lives in LA, 3000 miles away from me. Yet I’m also lucky because for 3 to 4 weeks every year, we get to live together, like roommates on...
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SUSPICIOUS? ABSOLUTELY! THEY ARE ALL FULL OF GERMS!
VALID SUSPICIONS Garry and I don’t go anywhere and it isn’t because of the weather. It’s the flu. The stomach flu. The lung and chest and sinus variations on a theme of flu. Go to the doctor? DOCTOR?...
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LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Carrie Fisher was Bi-polar. To her credit, she talked about her condition openly and honestly. She brought attention to the disorder and tried to reduce the stigma associated with this, as well as...
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WHY SOME FRIENDSHIPS DON’T LAST – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Why do some people become ‘old friends’ and others drop by the wayside? Why do some people stick with you over decades while others drift away? I’ve been thinking about this as I ponder the long list...
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THE BIRTHDAY GIRL – GARRY ARMSTRONG
I write a lot of pieces about celebrities I’ve met in my professional life. They are fun to remember and share. Sometimes it feels like name dropping or playing a broken record if the story is written...
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THE PROMISE OF LOVE
The Reality, by Rich Paschall When George made his visit to South America to meet the handsome young man, Jon noticed their large age difference. He decided it did not matter if George would help him....
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WAITING FOR THE STORY TO CONTINUE
When Words Lost Meaning, Rich Paschall If there was anything Harry did not need, it was more disappointment. He’d had a lifetime of disappointments, but it seemed he was in for another. Mistreated...
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A TAP ON THE SHOULDER
When Hope Pays a Visit, Rich Paschall Bill woke with the Florida sun proclaiming the new day, as he did on most days. He did not set an alarm clock, it was against his retirement protocol. Instead, he...
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LONG DISTANCE LIFE – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I used to have a vibrant and full social life with lots of lunch dates with women and dinners with couples. There were trips to museums and shows with friends, dinner parties at people’s homes,...
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SHARE YOUR WORLD – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World 11-4-19 QUESTIONS: What is the meaning of true love? I don’t know, but I think you know it when you find it. I could not possibly provide a definition. It’s different for everyone and...
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THE PROMISE OF LOVE – Rich Paschall
The Reality, by Rich Paschall When George made his visit to South America to meet the handsome young man, Jon noticed their large age difference. He decided it did not matter if George would help him....
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I AM HOME – By RICH PASCHALL
A piece of home alone fiction by Rich Paschall The alarm went off at 6 am as usual. Instead of hitting the snooze bar, George turned off the alarm and got up. It was Wednesday, trash collection day...
View ArticleMY GRANDFATHER – THE EARLY YEARS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I don’t know too much about my grandfather’s early life. But what I do know is very interesting. My grandfather, Abe, was born in a part of Eastern Europe that was Russia one day and Poland the next....
View ArticleNEVER OLD
We knew each other from across a room. She had dreamed of me. I recognized her. We were friends pretty much instantly. Through 40 years, our lives, even when we were out of touch and on different...
View ArticleFAMILY MEETINGS
Colbert did a piece on family meetings a few nights ago. I looked at Garry. “We didn’t have family meetings. The closest thing we had were family fights. I bet you didn’t have family meetings, either.”...
View ArticleI SENT MY HUSBAND AND MY MOM TO COUPLES’ COUNSELING – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I swear to God, I actually made my first husband, Larry, go with my mom to couples’ counseling. They were driving me crazy. They fought with each other. They each talked to me against the other. They...
View ArticleHAROLD AND THE TINY WIZARD
A Library Lesson, Part 2, Richard Paschall, Sunday Night Blog Imagine Harold, Master of Time Manipulation, Lord of the Library and Sultan of the Schedule, being knocked off course by a tiny Harry...
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A piece of home alone fiction by Rich Paschall The alarm went off at 6 am as usual. Instead of hitting the snooze bar, George turned off the alarm and got up. It was Wednesday, trash collection day...
View ArticleWHO WE ARE NOW
And Who We Were Not, by Rich Paschall Perhaps it is different now or different in some places at least, but when I was growing up some decades ago, we were expected to be a certain type of person. I......
View ArticleTHE CHRISTMAS TREE DILEMMA
I’m Not Doing It! by Rich Paschall In every relationship, there are agreed tasks that each person must do. These may naturally come about out of habit. One person cooks, and another does the dishes....
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