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Birthday Cake

nrlowell@comcast.net — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:59:33 +0000

Birthday Season It’s birthday season at my house, but there will not be any birthday cake this year. As it will, time has continued its forward march and my daughter turned 21 this week but she is far away at school, and I’ll be spending my birthday at work. I am a big fan of […]

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Can I Open My Eyes Yet?

nrlowell@comcast.net — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 14:34:41 +0000

When can I open my eyes? I’m not a fan of scary movies, or gory ones, or really any kind of violence so I’m the friend sitting next to you at the movies (remember going to the movies?) with my hands over my ears and my eyes squeezed shut, asking you ‘Can I open my […]

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The Hospital Gown

nrlowell@comcast.net — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 14:08:40 +0000

Don’t worry, I’m fine In the last month (give or take a few days) I’ve had two occasions to don a hospital gown. Most women wear them a few times a year for anything from mammograms to visits to sundry doctors’ offices we routinely visit. Wearing a hospital gown is rarely noteworthy but in a […]

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A Little Thanksgiving

nrlowell@comcast.net — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 12:29:31 +0000

Thanksgiving 2020 style Like most of you (I hope) this year I’ll be having a little Thanksgiving. And by little I mean dinner for two; my brother and me. In my entire life, this will be the second Thanksgiving I haven’t spent with my family. Each of my sisters will also be holding a little […]

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The Homesick Blues

nrlowell@comcast.net — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:49:19 +0000

Homesick for no one Though it’s beautiful here, as the leaves turn color and I drive by apple trees laden with fruit, I am singing the homesick blues. I haven’t felt this kind of homesickness since I was a kid at camp. The strangest part of it is that there is no one at home […]

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Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV

nrlowell@comcast.net — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:39:50 +0000

Do I need a cognitive test? The current POTUS claimed proudly that he was able to repeat a sequence of five words; person, woman, man, camera, TV, and boasted about getting extra credit for repeating them in order. I sincerely doubt that those somewhat related words were the five he was asked to recall, but […]

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Autumn in New York

nrlowell@comcast.net — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:18:39 +0000

Autumn in New York Autumn in New York should be gorgeous, which is nice because that’s where I’ll be spending it this year. You are probably almost as surprised as I was to discover this. Then again, we are past the time of shock and surprise. We’re now in the era of everything changes faster […]

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The Woman in the Straw Hat

nrlowell@comcast.net — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:32:32 +0000

A fleeting glimpse As I pass the restaurant, from the corner of my eye I catch sight of a woman in a straw hat. When I turn my head and see her hat, glasses, and mask, she seems both alien and familiar. She looks old, well, older. It’s a hot day. I feel the heat […]

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The End of My Summer Vacation

nrlowell@comcast.net — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:21:28 +0000

Summer isn’t quite over When I was a kid the first day back at school meant a ‘how I spent my summer vacation’ essay. I doubt that any of those essays delved into either the physical changes and emotional growth that we experienced over those summer months. That was the real story that none of […]

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I Don’t Believe in Bad Luck

nrlowell@comcast.net — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 11:52:10 +0000

I don’t believe in bad luck Though I don’t believe in bad luck or good luck for that matter, I’m starting to feel like a character in a Lemony Snickett story. Lately, it seems as if the world is conspiring against me, and it’s making me a little edgy. I’m not waiting for the other […]

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