Date: October 31, 2013
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Connections Renewed
They both shared bright smiles as we greeted one another. It had been over forty years since my cousin and I had seen each other and here she was before me, with her husband by her side. They had arrived in the States just the week before. My cousin and her husband went to Japan […]
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Reflection
The daylight is just beginning its assent from beyond the distant eastern hill. The puppy is fed and has had her morning romp through the dew covered yard. She has settled down at the foot of my chair for her first nap of the day. In the stillness of this hour I reflect on the […]
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From The Past
As the reception tent was being dismantled, Gracie the Golden pup was nosing her way into each person’s attention. Suddenly, from a car that just pulled behind the tent transport truck came a lady I didn’t recognize. As she approached, having maneuvered around the ever more excited pup, she looked at me and called my […]
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The Wedding
The autumn breeze was bone chilling even as the direct sunlight seemed to move west. The months of planning and the days of hurried and exciting preparation were behind us as we gathered for the focal event. The surroundings were beautifully displayed as nature’s grand expression for the lives of two young lovers being united […]
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Attitude
As the market research team was presenting the findings of their survey completed the year before, I sat astounded at what I was seeing. A sizable group of patients who were diagnosed with what could be a terminal illness was asked a series of questions that were intended to uncover the attitudes and accompanying behaviors […]
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At The Crest
It was a beautiful sunny day in southern Italy. The tour had taken us south from Rome the previous day for an evening stay in Sorrento. My sons had been mesmerized with the early evening spent at the show of local and traditional folk music and today was to be a different adventure. We boarded […]
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Anticipation
Soon this quiet place called home will be bustling with the charm and chatter of arriving guests. The house and yard are being prepared for the tide of family and friends who will come to celebrate the legal and spiritual union of my son and his lovely and loving soon to be wife. While the […]
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Peace
The stillness of the pre-dawn hour is interrupted as the old furnace fires up to take away the morning chill. As the warmth permeates all within the house, we are oblivious to the cold and near frost that blankets the yard and fields surrounding us. Soon the old country road will become a conduit for […]
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Capacity
Krakow’s ancient center was beautiful in the morning light. The streets were clean and pristine even after the crowds of the evening before. Although I was there for a graduate course at Penn, there was ample time scheduled for visiting noted sites of interest. The twelfth century cathedral was modestly preserved and the home parish […]
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Expressions
The energy of the city was palpable as people strolled to their desired destinations that afternoon in London. An afternoon free from lectures in the course I was taking offered the opportunity for a leisurely stroll past the British Museum to a theatre whose marquee gave evidence of a matinee performance of Les Miserable. I […]
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