Cause for celebration during the height of COVID19 was rare. Amidst the uncertainty and suffering, finding joy, let alone expressing it, honestly felt somewhat irreverent. Yet a personal windfall, prompted[…]
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Mar
2023
Author: Carolyn Waterbury-Tieman
12
Feb
2021
“If you have love, you don’t need to have anything else, and if you don’t have it, it doesn’t matter much what else you have.” ~James M. Barrie Valentine’s Day[…]
6
Feb
2021
A live, attenuated virus vaccine for Rubella, better known as the three-day or German measles, was discovered in 1969. It made its way to my hometown sometime during the 1970-71[…]
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Jan
2021
There are occasions you remember all your life. One such occasion occurred, for me, on May 1, 1969. Every May Day, the vision of my third grade class, dressed in[…]
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Jan
2021
Daily reports of hate-motivated violence, divisive rhetoric, threats to long-held racial, religious, and gender liberties, along with irreparable attacks on our planet, have led me to limit screen exposure. It’s[…]
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Dec
2020
My study window looks out over the neighborhood park. I have logged hundreds of miles in laps around that park over the past 24 years, and yet, there is something[…]
22
Dec
2020
During the cold, dreary days of winter, a popular childhood pastime was listening to records. (For those of you too young to remember, records were flat, black, vinyl discs upon[…]
20
Dec
2020
This morning, as I walked through the first snow of the year, I noticed the quiet stillness created by the gently falling flakes. No other form of precipitation produces this[…]
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Sep
2020
A few days before my 60th birthday, an unexpected package appeared in the mailbox. Tucked inside was a book, the title of which had coincidentally recently been added to my[…]
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May
2020
A few years ago, based on the recommendation of a dear friend (who actually gave me the book), I read The King Who Made Paper Flowers. It is the story[…]