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Solve (more or less) the daily and Sunday NYTimes crossword puzzles with a pen--sometimes real messy and never 100% successful. Write hundreds of vignettes about my observations throughout my life. Write gobs of polemics against right-wing fanatics., ranging from AARP and Twitter posts to letters to the editor. Write lay sermons for my temple.
Area of knowledge and what I know well:
World and American history and literature, Greek and Roman mythology, realistic movies.
Bio
Lover of NYT crossword puzzles, history, writing and literature. Greek and Roman mythology buff. Kent State grad.
Certificates/Awards
Ph.D from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, in June 1972
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It’s Great to Be Out and AboutMy damaged big toe has healed sufficiently so that yesterday I was able to amble about (with minor discomfort) from the Elks Club to my condo, a thirty-minute walk that always manages to entertain and edify me. No longer...
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Soul-mates for 55 Years For two weeks now, I have had discomfort wearing shoes: I developed a massive, gooey blister firmly attached to my big left toe until an urgent care doctor painstakingly removed the uninvited protuberance.Now I take my daily w...
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Celia Will Always Be With MeWhen I got into the elevator at the medical lab the other day, I met two extremely frail elderly women each huddled and bundled in a wheelchair and both accompanied by caretakers. As we all began to chitchat (the elevator ...
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Unexpected CamaraderieWhen I am driving in Honolulu, I get frustrated with the intermittent static that occurs on public broadcasting FM classical music stations. But if I stop my car and keep it running, I can listen to my favorite music without any...
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 While I was taking a walk yesterday on a warm muggy day, a woman tightly wrapped in a coat and weighed down with a back pack approached me. Immediately, she babbled about much she loved feeling the refreshing gust of wind that had just begun to drap...
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It’s Great to Be Out and AboutMy damaged big toe has healed sufficiently so that yesterday I was able to amble about (with minor discomfort) from the Elks Club to my condo, a thirty-minute walk that always manages to entertain and edify me. No longer...
schlomo 03-16-2024 12:10 PM
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Soul-mates for 55 Years For two weeks now, I have had discomfort wearing shoes: I developed a massive, gooey blister firmly attached to my big left toe until an urgent care doctor painstakingly removed the uninvited protuberance.Now I take my daily w...
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Celia Will Always Be With MeWhen I got into the elevator at the medical lab the other day, I met two extremely frail elderly women each huddled and bundled in a wheelchair and both accompanied by caretakers. As we all began to chitchat (the elevator ...
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Unexpected CamaraderieWhen I am driving in Honolulu, I get frustrated with the intermittent static that occurs on public broadcasting FM classical music stations. But if I stop my car and keep it running, I can listen to my favorite music without any...
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 While I was taking a walk yesterday on a warm muggy day, a woman tightly wrapped in a coat and weighed down with a back pack approached me. Immediately, she babbled about much she loved feeling the refreshing gust of wind that had just begun to drap...
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It’s Great to Be Out and AboutMy damaged big toe has healed sufficiently so that yesterday I was able to amble about (with minor discomfort) from the Elks Club to my condo, a thirty-minute walk that always manages to entertain and edify me. No longer...
schlomo 03-16-2024 12:10 PM
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Soul-mates for 55 Years For two weeks now, I have had discomfort wearing shoes: I developed a massive, gooey blister firmly attached to my big left toe until an urgent care doctor painstakingly removed the uninvited protuberance.Now I take my daily w...
schlomo 03-04-2024 07:26 PM
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Celia Will Always Be With MeWhen I got into the elevator at the medical lab the other day, I met two extremely frail elderly women each huddled and bundled in a wheelchair and both accompanied by caretakers. As we all began to chitchat (the elevator ...
schlomo 02-04-2024 12:35 PM
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Unexpected CamaraderieWhen I am driving in Honolulu, I get frustrated with the intermittent static that occurs on public broadcasting FM classical music stations. But if I stop my car and keep it running, I can listen to my favorite music without any...
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 While I was taking a walk yesterday on a warm muggy day, a woman tightly wrapped in a coat and weighed down with a back pack approached me. Immediately, she babbled about much she loved feeling the refreshing gust of wind that had just begun to drap...
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