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Mind the Gap
The signs are everywhere in the London Underground. They pop up at every tube station– that ubiquitous and efficient message to Mind the Gap between the edge of the platform and the doorway to the train. The phrase has become a…
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That Stairway
People of my generation cannot hear the phrase Stairway to Heaven without thinking of a certain song by Led Zeppelin and the ending, iconic phrase, “…and she’s buying a stairway to heaven. “ I have no idea if Jimmy Page and…
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Tinker Bell
I’m thinking about Tinker Bell this morning…not the scantily clad tiny blonde of Disney’s animated creation, or even the glowing but rather stout fairy described by J. M. Barrie in his original story Peter Pan. I will always associate Tinker Bell…
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Leaf Dancers
I was sitting in my blue Adirondack chair down below the house one early October afternoon, taking a rare half-hour to still my busy mind and hands when I caught sight of one of those small and beautiful orange and yellow…
