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Author Archives: Kathy B
My very own Christmas story…
It’s Christmas day and the sun shines boldly above a thin veil of haze. I walk the streets of my neighborhood and quiet rules the day. No cars, no familiar faces… not even a mouse. Just yesterday tempers were still … Continue reading
Watch Out, the World is Changing…
If you keep your eyes and ears open, occasionally you’ll be in the right place at the right time to watch the world change. Sometimes it will be obvious and at other times you’ll only realize it years later and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 401k, Bank of America, Brazil, China, India, middle class, Russia, The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman
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Sleeplessness
Last night I couldn’t fall asleep which is not at all an uncommon event. It wasn’t always that way. When I was younger I slept with no awareness of the world around me. I slept so soundly that my dreams … Continue reading
If you could turn back time…
If you could live in 1850 on $30,000 a year or live in 2011 on $30,000 a year, which one would you choose? $30,000 a year in 1850 would make you a very wealthy person able to afford the best … Continue reading
Posted in David Bowie, Midnight in Paris, the sixties, Woody Allen
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The Gift
It was a day so hot and close that only children could function at full capacity. This was the farm where my father had lived as a boy. It was difficult to imagine the formal older man roaming these hills … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, farm, Gettysburg, Luthersburg, sister
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The Sound of Music
A giant finger reaches from the sky and plucks the golden string that sets into motion the rhythm of the city from ocean to bay. Music spills from the doorways of windowless clubs where unknown bands sweat in obscurity. Elsewhere in … Continue reading
Posted in Mahler, Michael Tilson Thomas, Music, Nietzsche, Pat Metheny, Symphony
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Green is Blue
Imagine if everything you believed in was suddenly turned upside down. If green was now blue or an elephant was now a marsupial that might not matter too much to you. If a tomato could feel pain or a house … Continue reading
Posted in Einstein, physics, speed of light, time travel
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A Second Chance
Indian summer is here and it feels like a second chance. A blanket of heat has settled over the land and lowered the oxygen level for those existing under its canopy. I move more slowly to conserve energy for it … Continue reading
Posted in Indian Summer, Witchcraft
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Falling in love again…
SHE arrived in New York from her native Afghanistan 30 years ago, leaving behind a country scarred by colonialism, tribal lords and fundamentalists for whom religion became a vessel of hatred. Armed only with an unbeaten spirit, she met and married … Continue reading
Posted in Immigrant, Jobs, Patriotism
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Letting go of 9/11
As the world turns, 9/11 is upon us once again. Internet, cable t.v. and talk radio are filled with 9/11 documentaries and interviews. Signs in my neighborhood indicate memorial service locations. Our country comes together to mourn once again. I … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11, Patriotism
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