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Getting Back at People or Solving a Problem to Make the World a Better Place: Empathy
My husband and I have a problem where we live: our accents. We can’t hide the fact that we are from the North. We have another problem: unlike most of the other residents in North Carolina, we are bleeding-heart liberal Democrats. In a town as small as ours, as soon as Trump was re-elected, we…
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THAT TIME OF YEAR
I have been a member of Interfolio since graduate school. I still use it whenever I am looking for a job. Current students should get an account now. Once you become a member, you can ask your teachers, professors for confidential letters of recommendation now, near the end of the semester, NOT years later. Waiting…
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When I Am Sent Into Space, I Won’t Be Wearing Makeup, Hair Gel, Or PERFUME, Here’s Why…
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BEING FEMALE AND HAVING TEETH
BEING FEMALE AND HAVING TEETH Last week, my cracked two front teeth were finally corrected. Nothing made me more insecure than being close to someone and wondering if the person I was talking to could see them and judge me. In the photos, you can see how I tucked my top lip inside my bottom…
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IT’S ONLY A RECIPE
Right now, the aroma wafting from our kitchen is the chocolate chunk Mandel Bread baking in our oven for our celebration of Hanukkah. We are celebrating Hanukkah and our love for the Jewish community. My husband’s father is full-blooded Italian, and we know his family enjoyed the same cookie, but they called it Biscotti. I remind…
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ROLLER SKATING AND WHEN IT’S TIME TO QUIT
This morning, I saw an aerial shot of Columbus Circle, which reminded me of our first time living in Manhattan in the 1990s. In traffic, I used to roller skate from our West Side apartment in Hell’s Kitchen, weaving between cars and running red lights, all the way to Central Park, skate the entire big…
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SOBRIETY: “Judaism has been teaching the 12 Steps for 3,0000 years” Aish.com
My husband and I haven’t drank alcohol in many decades. Teetotalism. That’s where the details stop. Most people don’t care to hear about it. A prurient interest is a big red flag for us. (Maybe the asker should quit, too. Maybe that’s why she’s trying to embarrass me.) I don’t have to explain anything. For…
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POOP MACHINES
This morning, my beloved husband passed his gastroenterology procedure with flying colors. He is good for another ten years, in theory. We live in a small community, and it took all of fourteen minutes to drive from our home and walk through the lobby doors of our hospital this morning. Our hospital is a modern…
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GIVE PEACE A CHANCE: NON-VIOLENT ENGAGEMENT 101
When in public, in-person, or Zooming, my husband and I practice non-violent engagement. Peaceful withdrawl from an agressive person or group takes practice, practice, practice. When in-person or while visiting on the phone or during a Zoom group with close friends, we can let our guard down a bit, however, it will always be part…
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I Say, Let Every Football Player Tell US What’s On His Mind, For MAGAs are Sneaky, Fakers
I say, let every football player tell us what’s on his mind, for MAGAs are sneaky fakers, and if we hand them a microphone and encourage them to speak their minds, everyone will know who they are and no surprise, the racist, misogynist, sexist, anti-semetic, anti-immigrant, pro-corporation, anti-climate, toxic masculine, homophobic, anti-semites we suspected…
Mary Louise Penaz 