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Aug.23.2012
In a previous entry, I described how my daughter Kate, a fourth-year medical student at Georgetown, had planned to provide Foster Care for three young siblings, and adopt all three of them. One problem was that they’re in California and she was in Washington, D. C., but the deans at...
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Jan.31.2012
Hi Everyone,
I took advantage of the Amazon Kindle free five day download offer and three of my books, Jesse's Girl, Loving Rabbi Thalia Kleinman and How to Find a Woman...Or Not, rank #1 in different categories. Check them out, available free until Friday, February 3 -- and of course, for a few...
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Jan.07.2012
Saturday: The country is being squeezed by financial cuts. Child poverty is rising sharply. The rate of unemployment is high. The cost of living is escalating while salaries are dropping. Yet, last Saturday, a six-figure sum (I could not find the exact figure) was...
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Dec.27.2011
Considered dangerous, wolf-dogs are not welcome in New York. If a wolf-dog is suspected or found, owners must pay a hefty fine and still lose their dog.
So, it’s no surprise the wolfish looking dog wandering the streets of Brooklyn was not claimed. It’s sad because the dog animal control officers...
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Sep.21.2011
I have been fortunate enough to have a successful business as a certified cat behavior consultant and also as an established author of books on cat training. It’s not unusual for me to be stopped while at the supermarket or even in the church parking lot by someone wanting advice about their...
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Aug.30.2011
Human beings really enjoy setting goals and standards. While some of these goals are attainable, others have developed into challenges that clearly exclude those who are unable to compete. Survival of the fittest has evolved into a true competition, where the winners are praised for their...
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Jul.20.2011
As hobbies go, genealogical research is not exactly on par with snowboarding -- it ranks right up there with stamp collecting in its total lack of "cool" factor. Does anything really say "geek" more than an obsession with family trees?
But that's me -- genealogy freak (and...
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Jun.08.2011
I thought my nephew was a linguistic genius when he said he was "being have." His mother had admonished him about something, and she'd told him to "behave." His indignant response was, "I am being have."
Genius, I thought. Be good, be quiet, behave -- they all sound...
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Jun.01.2011
Long ago, before there was you, when Daddy was not yet Daddy and I was not yet Papa, he and I promised each other that someday we would be parents. We had a wedding and bought a house, but then let more than a decade pass while we waited to be ready for a child. (We didn't realize there is no ready...
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May.12.2011
For most of this past year I had a very intense, life-consuming job that cost me a lot of the smaller moments in my children's lives. I still tried to be home for dinner (even if it meant the kids had a delayed bedtime) and I tried hard not to spend too many weekend hours catching up on work I...
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