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Lent- Fifth Sunday: Fearless.

  Happy Sunday! Today’s musical pick is by Zoe, Jasmine Murray with “Fearless”. 

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Lent- Day 27: For rich or poor.

(Image source: YouTube)   My home infusion nurse Charlie was over on Wednesday, administering IVIG. While the Gamunex dripped into my vein through my accessed PowerPort, he spoke about visiting a very rich patient upstate some years ago. She lived in a mansion that was staffed with white-gloved maids, personal chef, and a driver to…

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Lent- Day 26: Congratulations.

In Thomas Edison’s workshop. (Picture, my own.)   Today, I took Zoe to the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange (N.J.- um, if you aren’t aware by now, I live in Dirty Jerz). While I found the place fascinating, full of actual history (a kinetoscope!), Zoe was much less interested. In fact, she…

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Lent- Day 25: For them, I give thanks.

One of the things I love about attending an Episcopal/Anglican church is the liturgy from The Book of Common Prayer. During the Thanksgiving season, we use prayers specifically listing the many things for which to be thankful, from life and leisure to firemen and police. The leader may say, “For all valiant seekers after truth,…

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Lent- Day 24: Everything?

Spoke with the BFF about an hour ago and she asked me if anything was new. “Um… with me? Nope. Just the same ol’, same ol’. Except this blogging everyday again stuff… I feel like my time is really limited. I added something but it’s not like anything else got taken away. So there’s still…

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Lent- Day 23: The most hated woman in America.

Melissa Leo as Madalyn Murray O’Hair in Netflix’s “The Most Hated Woman in America”. (Image: Google)   Over the weekend I watched Netflix’s new biopic “The Most Hated Woman in America” about infamous activist/atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair. Here’s the trailer:   Newsweek covers Murray O’Hair and the film, giving us some history:   There were…

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Lent- Fourth Sunday: I have this Hope.

(Image Source: Youtube Lyric Video)   Over the past week, death has been a frequent topic on this blog, so today, I’ll just switch up the vibe with Tenth Avenue North’s “I have this Hope”.  Have a great-rest-of-Sunday.  

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Lent- Day 22:Do you really want to live forever? Forever, and ever…

(Image Source: KJ Design)     I had a convo with a friend earlier this week about life and death. At some point, I asked, “Why on Earth would anyone want to live forever?” She responded by talking about accomplishing life goals, building relationships and making memories. “Oh no, I’m not saying ‘Why not just…

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Lent- Day 21: I’m just going to leave this here.

(Image: Youtube)   This morning, while still in bed, I read a news alert on my phone about President Trump’s new interview with Time… and it is something. Really something. But it’s the last part that really put the icing on the cake for me:   … But I inherited a mess, I inherited a mess…

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Lent- Day 20: Hope deferred.

(Image Source)   “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” -Proverbs 13:12   I’ve been reading a spate of articles for over a year now about the sudden increase in the rate of morbidity amongst middle- aged White Americans, and Vox published yet another earlier today:  …

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