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September 9, 2016

I won’t apologize

It is the weekend of September 11, 2016. Fifteen years since America’s last major attack on one of its’ major cities. So many innocent people died that day. So many innocent people were injured that day. So many innocent people remain ill and many are dying because of that day. Our President elect during that… Continue reading

American Women, Education, Essays, Opinion, Still Waiting, Stories, Teaching, Uncategorized

John Wayne, Life, Love, New York, United States
May 4, 2016

It Takes A “Special” Man To Be A Dad!

Special is defined in the English dictionary in this way: unusual or better; held in esteem; reserved; made for specific purpose; arranged for specific purpose, etc. In accordance with that definition, my dad was a very “special” person. Today May 4, 2016 is the 47th Anniversary of his death. I was sixteen years old. Complex;… Continue reading

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Family, Father, Father Day, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, home, James Cagney, John Wayne
April 30, 2016

Looking Ahead

Yes, I know it has been awhile since I have been here. By now I should be filled with words, ideas, opinions. Thoughts that will somehow change a life if not the world. It isn’t as if I don’t have lots to say. There is enough material around to keep me writing for months. 2016… Continue reading

American Women, Essays, Opinion, Parenting, Poetry, Social Interaction, Stories, Teaching, Uncategorized
February 25, 2014

Happiness

Everyone wants to be happy. It’s more than an adjective or adverb, noun or verb. It’s an actual feeling. It’s hardest to do when you are a young adult because all of the troubles in the world are on your shoulders. However, if one would learn to push the negative out and allow the positive… Continue reading

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Birthday, Family, Friends, Happiness, Health, Life, Love, Peace, Work
June 27, 2013

Justice

Count me among the naïve in the world because I still believe that the truth is the truth and no matter how one tries to cover it up, make excuses for it, or give that age-old comment that there are two sides to every story and then there is the truth, it is still the… Continue reading

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American people, Brooklyn, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Family, Presumption of innocence, United States, United States Constitution
May 28, 2013

Higher Education CAN take you Higher!

I read an editorial in the NY Daily News today, May 28, 2013, by Richard Cohen of the Washington Post. (http://www.nydn.com) The editorial struck home with me because I have worked in Higher Education for more than twenty years and what Mr. Cohen portrays is a sentiment that I have held for quite a long… Continue reading

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Academic degree, Brooklyn, Daily News, Education, New York, Richard Cohen, Student, Washington Post
May 7, 2013

Teachers Appreciation Week

I have dozens of friends and relatives who are teachers. I have worked in higher education for over twenty years. Because of those two facts, I feel qualified to speak about teachers in today’s blog. So here is the way I see it! In today’s society it seems so easy to pick out the teachers… Continue reading

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As an average, American born woman I’ve decided to write and share my thoughts and beliefs in a blog. This blog will be very simple and hopefully click with the rest of the people out there, who feel as I do, but just can’t express it with words, on a variety of subjects.

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