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A World of Make-Believe

  • Deborah
  • posted on June 13, 2021February 24, 2024
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A Lonely Child I was an odd child. It doesn’t matter why because that’s the head space I was in for most of my youth. As a lonely kid, growing up in the 1950’s, I created a
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Some Like It Hot

  • Deborah
  • posted on April 6, 2021February 24, 2024
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Some Like It Hot was a mega hit when it was released in 1959, even though it was banned by various, uptight institutions. The film was considered ‘morally objectionable’ because it
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Stations

  • Deborah
  • posted on March 28, 2021July 20, 2023
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He walked along the garden path cloaked in silent beauty but His soul screamed out in agony while He struggled with His duty   Too soon would time arrest Him and assault His mortal bones stripping
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Unsung Hero

  • Deborah
  • posted on January 8, 2021February 24, 2024
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I never met you, but I knew your father He grieved over your daily dance with death ....each victory barely worth the cost Hearing of your suffering cut deeply heightening my awareness of the
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Of Football & Gladiators

  • Deborah
  • posted on December 4, 2020February 24, 2024
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I Love to Hate Football I love football, but not for the obvious reasons. At best, I’m a fair weather sports fan and will only watch a game if certain stars are aligned. First requirement: my
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Heart of the Beholder

  • Deborah
  • posted on November 15, 2020February 24, 2024
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Looking deeply into my lover's eyes the firelight, seductive ….not for the sight but for the passion Listening to the laughter of my little ones their echoing music, delightful ….not for the
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Respect in the Era of Covid

  • Deborah
  • posted on November 13, 2020February 24, 2024
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BCE & CE, Acronyms, & New Rules In the fall of 2020, I took a plane trip from Florida to New York. I wasn’t as nervous about safety as I was about what it would be like with all the new
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Ugly Duckling to Swan

  • Deborah
  • posted on September 18, 2020February 24, 2024
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Humiliation On the first day of school, the fifth grade class of St Francis Xavier milled about the auditorium awaiting further instructions. My classmates chatted excitedly about their summer
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Wisdom

  • Deborah
  • posted on August 17, 2020February 24, 2024
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Your perfect paradigm isn’t mine I’m a squared round peg the squeeze, painful That house in the ‘burbs was bleak never felt like home And the nine-to-five bit bled me like a leech Back and
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Beauty or Beast

  • Deborah
  • posted on July 19, 2020February 24, 2024
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The Beauty Considering how best to subdue her prey, Greta rapped the handle of a coiled whip against her gloved palm – her version of nail-biting.  Stalking the imprisoned tiger, she sidled
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