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Get on your bike and ride
Image by japrea via Flickr I want to ride my bicycle. It sounds so simple, but I’m afraid of the traffic, the line of shiny cars with drivers oblivious or resenting me. I glide by on narrow streets...
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Totally Psyched!
Image via Wikipedia I’d never been to a psychic medium before, but my wonderful personal trainer and new friend, Randi Renzi, owner of Why Weight Fitness in Stoughton, Massachusetts,...
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Gee Whiz! How could I have forgotten!
Yesterday, I wrote about seeing a spiritual medium and how close she came to accuracy in discussing my father, my stepmother and my deceased cat, Sweetie. Before I wrote the entry, I’d emailed a friend...
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The year in pictures and thoughts
I want to thank all the readers of “The Early Draft,” both my friends and those I don’t know who are now stumbling upon my writing. I’m excited to tell you I’ve had thousands and thousands of hits and...
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50 Gifts for My Birthday
The new studio. Not much in there yet! On my desk at work rests a photo of my father and step mother in their early 50s. As my 50th birthday approaches at the end of April, I try not to over think that...
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Renewal and Re-invention of…yourself
Another method of renewal – Expressive Art, workshops led by my friend and artist, Lynn Rosario, of Art Answers. This is the art that graces our studio. I am learning about ways to renew and reinvent...
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What Do I Have in Me?
Mia is my little 8-pound cat who I adopted, along with her son, Timmy, in 2011. From the start, it was clear that Timmy was the outgoing, affectionate animal, curling up on my chest, leaning his...
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All That Remains
My cat died on a sunny day in the dead of winter. The emergency room parking lot, the hoods of cars glinting in the crystal day. Lugging a cat carrier full of dying cat. The doctor young, takes her to...
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Edith Zelman Eulogy – Doris Cahill, author
My mother passed away on February 6, 2016. On February 19th, we held a memorial service. My sister-in-law, Doris Cahill, was one of three to give a eulogy. Here are her words in honor of my mother....
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Cats Tales and Blue Jays, Interview with Author Faye Rapoport DesPres
Little White, who has a book named after her which will be out on October 16th! I met Faye Rapoport DesPres in the summer of 2008 when I entered the Solstice MFA program at Pine Manor College. We were...
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