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Ten minutes to write. Less time to read.

Forty-eight Hours

Posted on April 1, 2006

Forty-eight hours ago, I stood in the shower coaxing too much shampoo from my hair when Earl came into the bathroom.

“The nursing home just called,” he said. “My mother passed away a few minutes ago.”

The shampoo was forgotten

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Deadlines

Posted on March 15, 2006

I never met a deadline I didn’t like. Oh, I’ve chafed at a few, even cursed one or two; but for getting into gear there is nothing like a pressing deadline.

In school, I might have waited until the last

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Rosemary

Posted on March 1, 2006

Today is Rosemary Balest Bryant’s birthday, and I wish her the best.

Rosemary and I were great friends in high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the time then-Governor Orville Faubus stood in the doorway of Central High School and

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Cross Training

Posted on February 17, 2006

As a child I took lessons of all kinds: swimming, dancing, cooking, gymnastics, tennis, horseback riding, and crafts. But the thing is I never pursued any of these activities long enough to become proficient at them. Instead, I got what

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Con Ed

Posted on February 14, 2006

Today is Valentine’s Day, and Earl and I spent most of it bonding with Con Ed. No, I don’t mean the electric company; I mean continuing education, an annual requirement for those of us who wish to keep their real

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Office Decor

Posted on January 31, 2006

You can tell a lot about the inhabitants by studying the offices they dwell in. Are they organized? High class? Casual in approach? I was reminded of this when some friends came for cocktails last weekend; and, since this was

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Roots

Posted on January 30, 2006

Yesterday I received a call from Gertrude McDonald, who is my first cousin once removed on my mother’s side. It had probably been three or four years since we’d talked; but, as with most of the McDonalds, you can pick

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Doctor’s Office, Part Two

Posted on January 28, 2006

It must be the mood I’m in, that I need to devote two blogs in a row to my annual physical. Or maybe it’s the book I’m reading that suggests writers need to find inspiration everywhere and be sensitive to

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Just Doing It

Posted on January 5, 2006

Every year about now I spend time making a list of goals that I want to achieve in the coming months. I have personal goals, financial goals, spiritual goals, you name it. I pour over this list for a week

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Final Blog

Posted on December 31, 2005

This is my final blog for 2005. I started writing “Ten Minutes to Write, Less Time to Read” in May, 2004 and have logged hundreds of blogs and thousands of words since. I think I’ve reached beyond my family and

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