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Having lived an adult life beginning as a campus radical, now the mom of a police officer, I see things from many different points of views and will share my elder wisdom on politics, family et al, with an occasional Dylan reference!
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The Early Fall Convergence (opens the original)
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Fifty years ago today, Jim and I said our vows and became husband and wife. It was 1976—coincidentally our country’s bicentennial. September 10, 1976.The day after we had reached our twenty-fifth anniversary, two planes flew into the World Trade Center, another hit the Pentagon, and a fourth went down in a field in Pennsylvania. September 11, 2001.Rosh Hashana this year also begins on the evening of September 11, the first time the holiday has been celebrated on this date in the Gregorian calend
I’m Nominated for a Prize! (opens the original)
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My Book is a Contest Finalist!And…”Woke One was Craazy” I haven’t given a report on my progress of my book, my memoir, for a while, but earlier in the year, I had submitted a synopsis and a few pages to the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Unpublished manuscripts contest. This week I learned that I am a finalist! The results will be announced at the October 17-18 PNWA annual conference. The top three get to meet with agents and editors, so that’s kind of a big deal. Even if I don’t win, I a
Being a Cop Mom (opens the original)
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The book I’m writing deals with the contrast between my life as a campus radical and current life as the mother of police officer. In my revision process, for the last two or three weeks, I’ve been reliving those weary nights six years ago when the streets of Seattle were exploding in the protests over the death of George Floyd. The first chapter in the section is called “Weary Nights,” an encapsulated view of those weeks and months for me. I’ve been rewatching many videos of angry crowds trying
When They Go Low, We Go Nazi? (opens the original)
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“Perhaps Platner’s Nazi tattoo should have been a sufficient indicator that he lacked the character to be a senator. Perhaps maintaining that SS logo for two decades, covering it up only when it became politically inconvenient, demonstrated that he lacked the judgment for national office,” wrote Mike Nelson in the July 7 issue of the Atlantic. I wonder what it says about the character of much of the leadership of the left; men and women who who enthusiastically endorsed him. (It was not all of t
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