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Hey Y’all, I had one heck of a day today. Milo had a freaky episode during which he appeared to fall into total blindness. We spent hours at the vet—Dr…
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Joy Eclipsing Panic
At 6 pm last Sunday night, after a week or so of meticulous planning, I set sail for Frisco in my Tacoma, towing behind me the smallest of my campers, a…
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Octogenarian Blues
Guest Column by Miss Carol Buchanan
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March 2024

I Go Out Walking
I am writing this on a Sunday afternoon, ensconced in my most special place, a tiny garage apartment a couple of blocks from the Gulf of Mexico in…
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What’s Your Story?
Next year marks thirty years since I got my first computer and my first screechy modem and entered online life. I was thirty-one when I logged onto AOL…
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Portrait of the Artist
As An Old Crone
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Anger is an Energy
In a random case of excellent timing, I read a great essay in the New York Times the other day in which the author, Victor Lodato, described wrestling…
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February 2024

I’ll Have the Crap Sandwich
With a Side of Panic
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Camp Chaos
When my son was little I found and created all sorts of work to keep the lights on and buy myself time to write. I house-sat, child-sat, pet-sat…
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I Will Never Be a Widow
Reflections on the Death of a Sociopath
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867-5309
I have heard often over the years, “Wow, you know how to do so many things!” It’s true, I do know how to do a lot of things, and during lockdown I added…
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January 2024

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