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I Spy with My Little Eye…A Career Shift

Every word of this story is true except those which are not. The year is 1977 and I’m at Tufts pondering whether to major in International Affairs (IR), History, or just Poli Sci. Poli Sci was easier of the two, … Continue reading

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Magic Mushrooms

Morels! They nearly covered the floor of the forest. So many it was like a carpet, a carpet of fungi. Could there ever be too many? Too much of a good thing. Justin checked his guide for the umpteenth time. … Continue reading

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Oskar

The smiles of the small crowd on the street disappeared faster than the people who hurried away from the boys in the brown outfits. Yelling profanities despite the presence of children who’d been enjoying the man’s show, they kicked his … Continue reading

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Gallows Hill #1 Site Report

(I have no illusion that anyone will read this report, but I wanted to put it up anyway. It’s my BIG term report for a class I took. I got an A. The professor asked for 12-15 pages; I ended … Continue reading

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The Last Job That Piqued My Interest

I won’t kid you but there are downs to the ups of retiring in material comfort.  There is, for example, the tendency to see more frequent, more dire, health issues and if not with you than certainly with people you … Continue reading

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A Still Weary Look at the Stock Market

One of the benefits of retiring from observing the markets is you get to retire from observing the markets! Hence, my decidedly lack of such contributions to this blog. Anyway, those of you who are in contact with me will … Continue reading

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One Christmas Morning

(This was the result of a writing ‘prompt’ in my writing class, where we were asked to fictionalize a real Christmas encounter.  I won’t tell you which part of this is the real and which is the fictional.  Unless you … Continue reading

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We Have to Move (Sweet)

(This is the first version, the ‘nice’ about a son visiting his aging father) Phillip turned the car into the gravel driveway comforted by the grassy hump down its middle, the part that car tires hadn’t trampled down. The hump … Continue reading

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Interests and Oddities

https://www.iratestrategist.com/my-interests-and-oddities/ Dad, The Detector Just Paid For Itself Make An Effort, Will Ya? The Lonely Shadow Box All Those Jews A Lot of Spam; Boy, Do They Have My Number Why I Could Why I Could See Myself Not Voting … Continue reading

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