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2014 Wrap-up

Where I have been and where I am going… Books Past: 7 non-fiction books, 32 fiction. I like that escape thing. I did meet my 2014 goal of reading all Jane Austen novels. I understand the genre and have enjoyed parody books and movies about Austen. Future: With 2 book clubs, friends giving me books, […]

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Xmas ads lie

I know that advertising is all about making you feel like there is a hole in your life, that you are inadequate, and that the advertised product is just the thing you didn’t know you even needed to make your life complete. I’m part of that machine in being a web and graphics production monkey.

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Happy New Year 5775

2014 has been an string of difficult health-related issues. Every time I would think that things couldn’t get worse, they would. As I was gasping for air in hopes of some relief, I was thinking that if I were Jewish, the “year” would soon be over. I’m so ready for 5774 to be done! It

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Poetry

We are exposed to poetry from the moment we are born. Lullabys and nursery rhymes are poetry of some sort. We are initially led to believe that poetry rhymes in iambic pentameter. We digest Dr Seuss books in his unique poetic phrasing. I had to memorize Robert Frost’s Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

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