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Poem for Uncertain Times

March 7, 2020 by barrington99@gmail.com

We are into March — hard to believe the year has gone so fast. It’s strange days many ways. For reference in the future — there is a virus, CoVID 19 (Coronavirus) that is going around, and is starting to make people fearful of a pandemic. Paul and I flew to California for our spring … Read more

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Dancing at the End of Our Plans

January 15, 2019 by barrington99@gmail.com

January 15, 2019 (This is a post I started months ago and found in my drafts folder.) I have a friend — an acquaintance who is the spouse of a friend — who has a particularly virulent form of cancer. Last night he wrote on Facebook about the impossibility, in his current situation, of planning for … Read more

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This One Night, at Cancer Camp

May 15, 2018 by barrington99@gmail.com

I have a friend — an acquaintance who is the spouse of a friend — who is in a life -threatening cancer situation. Last night he wrote a post on Facebook  about the impossibility, in his situation, of planning for the future, and about his current state of living in the reality of the moment … Read more

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Writing on the Other Side of the World

November 30, 2017 by barrington99@gmail.com

My first writing group — back at the very start of my transition to being a writer — was in Alice Springs, Australia.  Such groups come and go — when they survive for long periods, it is often on the wings of one energetic person.  The person you depend on to show up with the … Read more

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Life for Sale Items #2 and #3: Weird Board Games

March 1, 2008 by barrington99@gmail.com

Before we were “in the know” enough to know that the best games are generally not available at K-Mart, Paul and I used to go to K-Mart and look at games. Truthfully, we went to K-Mart to look at most things. Alice Springs, AU was a fairly uncomplicated place to live as a consumer. There … Read more

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