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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.
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Solo Quarantine Rocks at Tiny House, That Means No You
My wish is that all moms – and educators (I happen to be both) get the opportunity to re-charge in a place like the Tiny House.
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What To Do When a Bug Lands On a Bald Guy’s Head
I once was taking a bath and a centipede came directly out of the faucet.
Aunt Billie, 102, Peace and Grace Between Pandemics
Time expanded to fill her mission of love, of service, of joy.