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January 21, 2017 THE WOMEN’S MARCH ON WASHINGTON     Unlike the Aral, Black, or Caspian, I landed upon this particular sea at Independence Avenue and 4th Street (SW) shortly after I got off the DC Metro at  the Federal Triangle station. A sea of bodies, people packed together, so tightly.  There were, of course,… more »
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  Four women came from different parts of the country to join me in my rental property on Chincoteague Island, Virginia last week. It quickly came to be known as the CincoChincoChics Retreat (first annual?)   We were together seven days: seven breakfasts, lunches, and dinners; and seven mornings, afternoon, and evenings.   And it… more »
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  This blog had 8,700 views last year.  I tell you, I was floored when I learned that.   All year, as I prepared my blog posts,  I focused on 1. publishing regularly, in my case every Wednesday 2. ending my blogs with a question for my reader, to encourage conversation 3. posting a well-written… more »
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