It is Canada Day, the perfect time to revisit the reason I have a passport.
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The days of June
We have come to the end of another month so I thought now would be as good a time as any to go on a written journey back through the days of June.
(more…)The center of the city
There’s a statue in the center of the city where I went to school.
It’s a lady who holds a bug above her head.
(more…)Sound and memory
A podcast episode I heard tonight took me back to the Lincoln Memorial steps.
When I stood on them last year I’d known giants of the Civil Rights Movement had also stood there.
Tonight, thanks to a bonus episode of The Washington Post’s “Presidential” podcast, which has episodes about United States president’s lives and leadership, I heard an earlier civil rights giant’s story in a new way.
(more…)Welcome, summer
Three houses, three stories
I could see
The Lord did not bless me with good eyesight.
When I got an eye test at school, I believe I had 20/70 vision.
I got glasses just in time for a family vacation to Pennsylvania.
It was my first trip to the North.
We went to places like Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Hersey Park and Gettysburg.
I saw it all.
(more…)Another chance for a challenge
It is a challenge to write every day,
I haven’t been able to write every day, or just didn’t want to, for much of my writing life.
Then, in the middle of a coronavirus quarantine when routines were forced to change and the world no longer spun quite so fast, WordPress Discover brought back daily prompts.
(more…)Ready to explore
I’m ready to explore some more.
I had a pretty good list of trips taken and travel goals for 2020, but coronavirus crossed off all of my plans.
(more…)The wrong line
We learn how to stand in a line in kindergarten or earlier.
I guess the reason is order or control.
Lines last throughout our lives.
School.
Carnivals.
Banks.
Drive thrus.
Concerts.
Airport security.
I’ve been in plenty of lines.
This is a story about a time I got in the wrong one.
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