Brave
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Paris!
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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…
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I joined a group of pickleball players yesterday. They’re called “The Agin’ Cajuns.” (I live near Lafayette, Louisiana, the heart of Cajun country…
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