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  • Scholastic Books and the Library

    When I was a kid, back in the olden days, there was no Internet.  Cell phones hadn’t been invented yet, though Agent 86 in “Get Smart” had a phone in his shoe (Google it, kids).  Television programming came to us through only three network channels – ABC, CBS, NBC –…

  • Complicating Minimalism

    Today I began a quest to declutter my home.  I decided to start with an easy project, the bathroom linen closet.  I found and discarded old beauty products that didn’t make good on their promises to transform me into a Cindy Crawford look-alike; crusty tubes of lipstick, sunscreen, and serums…

  • Patio Pandemic

    During the COVID shutdown while I was working from home, I launched a friendship with the woman across the yard from me.  Her patio faced my living room, and every day I took solace in the fact that I could count on her to spend time sitting at her small…