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I’m re-running a post from 2016, with some edits.   With thanks to thinglink.com for the image. Prior to today’s post preparation, I knew this holiday mostly through its connection to “the Yom Kippur War” of 1973. As a result, I set out to write (and learn) about Yom Kippur. Most of us know that Yom Kippur is… more »
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  Alpha Mom asked me to take this week’s post as she’s a bit preoccupied with her homework for a new training she’s in. She says she’ll write about it once she’s done and can look back with perspective. I wonder if that is what aging is really about: Perspective? I am aging, that’s for… more »
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Remember this? This was my original website header back when I began in 2013, thanks to my friend Anne McKinsey. I still love those colors, though I’ve since learned the difference between calling myself a writer and calling myself an author.  For nearly seven years, my focus here has been differences, cultural differences in particular.… more »
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This photo of South Padre Island is courtesy of TripAdvisor. You know what will eventually happen . The best laid plans are so often just like those sand castles we build. How often do your plans dissolve before you even touch them?  Looking back at my recent blogging sabbatical, I realize the plans I had… more »
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Those of you who sing will recognize the importance of those spaces in between the notes. Officially called “rests,” they are the silences that give the music its flavor. Rests vary in length, but they eventually come to an end; always. The tempo, the rhythm, the melody return and the music they create together continues.… more »
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Hello, It’s been nearly three months, which I find hard to believe.  Last we talked, I explained my need for a “Spring Break.” Well, guess what — I’m now extending that into a Summer Break as well. Please be happy for me. In between the working and the playing, I’ve been writing — obsessed with… more »
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  Change is in the air. It’s spring and with spring comes spring break. And this year, my spring break has taken a different turn. I’ve decided to step away from And So It Goes for the rest of the Spring, returning (so the plan goes) in June. I write what I need to learn,… more »
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The Results are In The short version: If you remember how we met, choose the blogs you follow by topic, have shared at least one of my posts on social media, do NOT usually check the little box that lets you follow the ongoing comment conversation, and have NOT (yet) read my book … …… more »
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