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It’s about connection.  I can’t possibly connect with everyone in person but I can take the time to tell them all I’m thinking about them. Isolation, it’s a killer.  We are social animals and even though we may enjoy our own company, we are programmed to be part of a community.  When I was punished as a child part of the punishment would be to be ignored or sent away. Connection itself is rewarding, firing our serotonin transmitters and endorphins within the body.
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We’ve known this was coming for decades and fought facing it – let alone dealing with it – the entire time. The earth sighed in pain and we called it the breeze. It moaned in misery and we ignored its every attempt to reach us. Well now the planet is just over us and from here, it’s going to be a slugfest of pure misery unless we get organized, get our priorities straight and do it NOW.
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We can moan about the news being depressing, and wait for the human interest story (always lighter) before the weather forecast, but right now I’m going to be in your face and focus on something not particularly palatable and yet vital.  If you are not...
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Cathy Speck has flown away from us now, into the sweet beyond. May we all cherish our remembrances of her. I know I will. 
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Individual heterosexual women came to the movement from relationships where men were cruel, unkind, violent, unfaithful. Many of these men were radical thinkers who participated in movements for social justice, speaking out on behalf of the workers, the poor, speaking out on behalf of racial...
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Pets are meant to be our friends, comfort when we are alone, fun when we interact, and a source for many of unconditional love, loyalty, consistency, and company. As a pet lover, I cannot understand how anyone can mistreat or abandon a pet.  This is abhorrent to me. When you get them, you get them for the span of their life. Not as and when it’s convenient.
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Videos of white American idiots ambushing innocent, often elderly, Asian Americans are beyond shocking. These moronic vigilantes have taken their lead from the most dangerous ex-president in American history. Somehow, someway, they believe the coronavirus, which most likely originated in China, is the fault of...
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Now Uncle Joe is no fool. But even a fool can see that our country is more fragmented than I’ve seen it in 65 years of life. We’ve been tearing ourselves apart since long before the orange pustule lumbered in and squatted in the Oval Office, but we’ve reached a horrific zenith that most of us saw coming but hoped wouldn’t happen. The grand finale was the terrifying and violent insurrection, details of which are still emerging, that caused several deaths, including Officer Brian Sicknick, who died of his traumatic injuries, leaving family and friends stunned and grieving.
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I’ve just raised my head above the parapet after what seems like 6 months of disconnection. It’s a writer’s nightmare to be disconnected from the current work-in-progress but this has been me.  What have I done instead? Earned money (has to be done), been ill,...
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