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Copy: a single specimen, transcript, reproduction, or imitation
“Here’s my book,” Keith said as he handed a copy of his novel The Starflower to the appliance technician. Our oven heating element had broken, and the damage from the resulting explosion was beyond our DIY abilities. Plus, it was fun to chat with this guy, because...
Boomer opinion, Gen Me opinion, all generation truth
Here’s a blast from the past story about my personal opinion versus his professional opinion, both generation opinion biased. My boomer generation opinion It was 1991, and I was carpooling two bunheads to after-school ballet class. “Hey Jessica, did the self-esteem...
We cannot escape misfortune, mistakes, or aging, but we can escape confinement
An escape from hurricane Lee for us, thanks be to God, though we could use the rain. What else did I escape? To escape misfortune Two days before Christmas last year, I hit a deer. My son and I were traveling along a dark stretch of road no more than three minutes...