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Brave
Richard Goodman
Aug 29, 2022
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The personal trainer
My girlfriend gave me an hour session with a personal trainer as a birthday present. I had been whining about not being in shape. This was very nice of…
Richard Goodman
Oct 4, 2022
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A traveler's dilemma
I was in Maine yesterday. Today I’m in Louisiana. The change was and is disorienting. I climbed in a plane. I sat there for four hours. I got up. I…
Richard Goodman
Aug 20, 2022
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Thankful
I’m thankful for so many things. First, for my daughter. The best thing to ever happen to me is being the father of this beautiful, radiant young woman…
Richard Goodman
Nov 24, 2022
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All the world's a stage
I was teaching a writing course in a town in mid-coast Maine. The school where I teach put me up in this house as part of the deal. It’s a wonderful…
Richard Goodman
Aug 14, 2022
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An evening guest
We were inside our little house in rural Louisiana. It was after dark. My girlfriend got a text from our next door neighbor saying we had two owls in…
Richard Goodman
Jan 18
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Your handyman
I recently moved to a house in the country. A very old house. Very deep in the country. In rural Louisiana, to be exact. I moved in with my girlfriend…
Richard Goodman
Sep 10, 2022
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Confronting the repo man
Debit and credit. I want them balanced, or as nearly as I can make them. As I get older, though, the debit column gets more substantial. At 76, I begin…
Richard Goodman
May 20, 2022
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Enter the dog
My girlfriend Gaywynn and I got a dog. As with many people who get a dog, we really didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into. It’s a puppy, a…
Richard Goodman
Feb 5
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43 bis villa d'Alésia
Paris!
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Sep 26, 2022
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Darkness invisible
When someone says they're “depressed,” they can be referring to a one-day dispiritedness. Or even something lighter: “I'm depressed the Giants lost…
Richard Goodman
Oct 12, 2022
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Pickleball
I joined a group of pickleball players yesterday. They’re called “The Agin’ Cajuns.” (I live near Lafayette, Louisiana, the heart of Cajun country…
Richard Goodman
Jul 26, 2022
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