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Category Archives: Real People
But, enough about you…
I noticed that the stars who stood on stage at the Oscars last night and delivered their allegedly original and personal thoughts about the nominees for best actors were almost all talking more about themselves than the nominated person. Now, that puzzled me. I would never selfishly commandeer a moment like that. In fact, all [...]
I’m proud of him
Many years ago when James was five, his mother asked him what he wanted for Christmas. He drew himself up, lifted his chin, and answered: “I would like a striped bathrobe. ” (Long pause.) “With a hood.” By then we were already used to his dramatic presentation and his affinity for things difficult to obtain. [...]
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Admiring a master
I found myself at the nearby enormous Fred Meyer store on Christmas Eve morning, something I would normally avoid like a hot-tub full of Republicans. But my watch battery died and that night’s cake recipe called for chocolate chips…and Freddy’s is the place where one can find both necessities. In fact, this particular store is [...]
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Fine send-off
An obituary in The New York Times today for Vietnam War chronicler C. D. B. Bryan includes this gem of a paragraph: “Mr. Bryan was a smoker, a drinker and an avid and gifted conversationalist who effortlessly commanded the attention of people around a dinner table, his son said. He will be cremated in advance [...]
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Hail to the chief
A delayed flight led me to a long conversation at the airport with a charming 70-ish woman, on her way home from her mother’s 90th birthday party. The event had been a smash: all six children and a couple dozen grand- and great-grandkids in attendance, along with 75 guests. With my mother-in-law coming up on [...]
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She ain’t heavy, she’s my sister
I stopped for a chat yesterday with a woman I see now and again when doing errands in a nearby neighborhood. We know each other in that remarkable inverse-familiarity way that happens often between women. I couldn’t tell you many basic facts about her–damned if I can remember her last name–but I know her grandchild [...]
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