Doris Marquit
Doris Marquit, my aunt, died Thursday evening after a short illness. Doris was married to my mother’s brother. That marriage did not end happily. In 1967 she...
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MOTHER’S LITTLE HELPER What a drag it is getting old -Jagger/Richards Counting flowers on the wall, That don’t bother me at all. Playing Solitaire till dawn,...
Read MoreChinese Pork Shank and Turnip Greens
Chinese Pork Shank and Turnip Greens Memorial Day weekend is a big weekend for cooking around my house. Not because we are into holidays, no. But we are into having 3...
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THE SNOW QUEEN: BE SAFE I LOVE YOU “Because crying only gets you half way there, duh.†Be Safe I Love You By Cara Hoffman Cara Hoffman’s second novel is a coming...
Read MoreDEAR SIR PAUL
This weekend we went on one of our annual trips, to visit my sister on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. She lives in a huge house built by her husband out of an older...
Read MoreTHE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS
“A teacher is expected to teach truth, and may perhaps flatter himself that he does so, if he stops with the alphabet or the multiplication table, as a mother...
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THE MAN WHO CAN'T DIE
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GAHA: BABES OF THE ABYSS
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SPECIMEN TANK
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