by Kathy on October 2, 2020 · 0 comments
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It’s an old song It’s an old tale from way back when It’s an old song And that is how it ends That’s how it goes Don’t ask why, brother, don’t ask how He could have come so close The song was written long ago Your Daddy likes to tease me that when I start […]
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by Kathy on September 22, 2020 · 4 comments
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I’ll never understand why grief hits us the way it does, at any given moment, and I cannot seem to stop crying since I heard the news. We never got to meet in person and I am still so damn heartbroken. Cancer really sucks. I didn’t think you were going to die and as far […]
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by Kathy on April 22, 2020 · 1 comment
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Saturday, 3-16-96 4:32 PM Ely/London 10:32 AM E-Town Right now I am sitting on a coach bus in the English town of Ely. This was the last ISA Excursion of the semester. This morning we went to Cambridge. It was a beautiful college town! When Lori, Mel, Rachel, Josh & I got off the bus […]
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by Kathy on January 22, 2020 · 4 comments
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Thursday, 3-14-96 9:13 PM London 3:13 PM E-Town I just got some happy/sad news… I talked to Ron Weasley & he got a “real” job! I am very happy for him, but I am sad that he will not be able to therefore return to camp this summer… I cherish our friendship and was looking […]
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by Kathy on December 31, 2019 · 2 comments
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8 years ago I participated in a year-end blog meme for the first time called Rewind 2011, with fun and interesting questions designed to get writers and readers to reflect on our lives in 2011. I did so again the following year, with my Rewind 2012. Ever since I did this writing exercise those two […]
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by Kathy on October 2, 2019 · 0 comments
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I intended to start this with a line from a song that I love, called Jack & Diane by John Cougar Mellencamp. It’s about holding on to “16 as long as you can, (because) changes come around real soon (that) make us women and men.” I was going to write about how magical this time […]
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