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iffershortt
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Is the Sun too High For You?
August is waning and, thus, the dog days of summer. Greek mythology has it that Sirius was Orion the Hunter’s dog; the Romans named the...
iffershortt
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On Glasses and GLASSES
Yesterday, I deliberated about deliberating. Then today, I decided to deliberate. After a longer swim than intended, because I lost count...
J.C. Weil
3 min read
A WASTE OF TIME
We know the clichés: “This is the worst traffic ever!” “I’ve never been on hold this long.” “If you knew how much I hate standing in...
J.C. Weil
2 min read
SPRING DOES NO SPRINGING--WE DO
It's March, just after St. Paddy's and the Ides. Please keep your green beer and dire predictions far, far from me. I am in full-tilt...
J.C. Weil
4 min read
Appreciating Home
We drove three days, though if we wanted to, we could scrunch it into two, but the likelihood of that is slim to zero. My husband made...
J.C. Weil
5 min read
The Dean's Watch by Elizabeth Goudge
Many fine books have adopted me as their constant child. I am loyal to their influences upon me, even when my views may radically differ...
J.C. Weil
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Coming to Age [The Mind May Change]
in my twenties, aware of women how much older no way to say discrimination lacking all older is old early aging equalizes skin defeated,...
J.C. Weil
3 min read
Check your insanity at the Door
Perhaps you want to know which door. Too late to have a choice. It's my door, and you’re already inside. If you felt that this past year...
J.C. Weil
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Celebrate in May (And I Don't Mean Mother's Day).
Actually, I do. However, it is not all I mean. Although I intended this for May, something else was in my mind. That is hardly a...
J.C. Weil
2 min read
When Time Stops ...
For an instant, your world freezes. Everything, even breath, is suspended. Only the mind perceives this pause, identifies it for the...
J.C. Weil
4 min read
Research or Digression or Both?
If we are halfway inquisitive, we want to learn. If inquisitive to the point of obsession, we can get lost in this learning, this...
J.C. Weil
4 min read
The Other’s Voice
My generation included activities not as apparent for Generations X and Y. Yes, we went to school, did homework, waited for Christmas and...
J.C. Weil
4 min read
Joan’s Immortality
Lately, especially on rainy summer afternoons, I remember Joan _____. We met many years ago when members of the same church. I was almost...
J.C. Weil
5 min read
If You Doubt and if You Don’t
If you have unshakable faith and practice it through some form of organized religion, my respect and admiration are yours. If you...
J.C. Weil
3 min read
The Patience of Virtue
“She’s got it backwards.” “You’re right. How odd. It should be the virtue of patience. You know, ‘patience is a virtue.’” “Exactly.”...
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