Category: Commentary
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The Return Of The Repressed: At 69
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I am 69 now, and how have I reached this age? I was aware all the time. Interiorly I could be 20, 40, even 50, but time has brought me to this point ineluctably. Fascinating, for the exterior self has weathered, grown not a little creaky and grayer and less efficient,…
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We Are Mastering Adversity
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A series of calamities, small letter “c,” have befallen us, as we Lewis and Clark Nevada; we are now sleeping off the floor, the window blinds are all in, the new couch was delivered and almost damaged in the house (!), delivered by klutz and putz. While this goes on, we make merry…
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Several More Observations About Vegas
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I will need to sequester a small portion of my pension check for playing the slots as I enjoyed losing $20 here, $20 there. In fact, I found it kind of meditatively soothing as I won a little and then lost it, or bells went off and I hit a…
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Post Impressions of Vegas
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When I look into the street across the way and the rest of this decrepit neighborhood, I realize the gross differences between the two realities I have experienced as of late — here I feel kind of dirty and beaten down by the “neighbors” and the shabbiness of the blocks.…