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Things don’t ever change
It’s horrible when a mass shooting occurs, anywhere in the United States, which is where it happens so frequently. It’s even more tragic when it happens in a place you know well.That’s happened to me three times in a little more than a decade: Newtown, Connecticut, near where I grew up; Pittsburgh, where I’ve lived; Continue reading
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‘Maine in Mourning’
I hadn’t been paying attention to the news Wednesday night but checked my email to find mention of the president being informed about the latest mass shooting. Reflexively, I Googled and lost a breath with the answer.Maine.I’ve never lived in Lewiston, which is in southern Maine, hours from where I lived in the northern part Continue reading
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‘Hold your loves ones closer’
https://obituaries.bangordailynews.com/obituary/darcy-harris-1088903842 There’s a lot to be learned, reading obituaries. Especially when they have some sense of the life of the person who passed.Here’s one from the Bangor Daily News, commemorating Darcy Lynn Harris, who died Oct. 2, 2023, in Holden. She was 45.The obituary said she loved writing and saved memorabilia “that best represented her Continue reading
About Me
Journalist and writer. Loves writing, storytelling, books, typewriters. Always trying to find my line. Oh, and here’s where I am now.
Nows and Forevers 