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A Sink By the Side of the Road in Paris
Years ago I was driving in Paris….wait, what a fun sentence to write, let me say that again, “Years ago I was driving in Paris.”
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Opinion: Susan Dromey Heeter on a Bad Idea
Years ago, Saturday Night Live did a skit called, “Bad Idea Jeans.” In it, characters wore jeans labeled, “Bad Idea Jeans” and for the commercial parody, suggested ideas that, of course, were bad ideas.
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Back To School in a Pandemic: I’ve Got This
Earlier this week I learned my school will be going back in full, in person, in a pandemic.
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Don’t You Love It When The Magic Happens
My first cup of tea every day is magic. Made with Barry’s Black Irish Tea and topped with skim milk, every morning’s first sip is a miracle, magic.
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A Talk Show Interview With Me
Sometimes when I cannot sleep, I imagine I am on a talk show getting interviewed.
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Sister Tells Healing Story of Vietnam Veteran in ‘A Wartime PH.D’
In very large Irish Catholic families, the older brothers and sisters are often like the spices I have in my cabinet; I know cardamom and nutmeg are there but I don’t often think of them, rarely use them.
Celebrating the Oath of Citizenship
At a time when we are deluged with information, with news, with reports, I muse joyfully this July 4 on the Oath of Citizenship taken by those seeking to become U.S. citizens.
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Vacation Memories of a Certain Mark Spitz Speedo
But today I’d like to take you on a vacation from both the 60s and 70s – both involving my brother, John Dromey.
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Hot Enough To Join the Joyful Musings’ Fan Club
Last week, I stopped at a yard sale and found two fans, old school box fans the size of televisions from the 1960s.
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Elegies of Joy: ‘Ray Stories’ Is a Real Thing in Manchester
Welcome to Elegies of Joy, welcome to the remembrance of one of New Hampshire’s own lost to coronavirus.