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Skinny Jeans
Life

Skinny Jeans and Old Age

It started during this last extended trip to Spain. The Spanish have lunch at 2PM. It is difficult to find an open table at any restaurant at that time.

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Cancel Culture
Life

Cancel Culture

Phyllis cuddles a monkey atop the Rock of Gibraltar. Maybe if we treated all humans as well as we treat our pets…

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Altered Minds
Life

Altered Minds

Altered minds. Sometimes you can talk yourself into believing utter nonsense if the music is loud
enough, or you had too much to drink or smoke.

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The Soup
Life

The Soup

Mrs. O walked into our small apartment without knocking, as most of our neighbors did. Like family, except, somehow, all of us kids knew the

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Life

US Navy Memories II

Soon after I arrived at the dispensary for my tour of duty, another physician bachelor was added to the roster. That made eight of us, for a small dispensary, yet we were busy.

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Life

US Navy Memories I

I was drafted into the US Navy three years after the Tet offensive. The number of US troops in Vietnamese soil had diminished, but by no means was our presence in that unfortunate country paltry.

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