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LAYAWAY PLANS
One of my faithful readers has been Thelma DuPont. Thelma and I worked in the overseas department of the AT&T Company before both of us retired, which seems like in the last century. Thelma and I grew up nearly 1,000 miles apart yet, judging from her letters to me, we had similar experiences. For example,…
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INCIVILITY AND A FEW CASES OF CIVILITY
As a general principle, when someone greets me, I not only return their greeting but may ask about how they are feeling as well. When someone writes me a letter, I feel commanded to write a letter in return if that is what is required. But as you can see from the title about incivility,…
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VLADIMIR PUTIN’S DIVORCE
Vladimir Putin, the head man in Russia, took his wife out to attend a ballet performance. At the intermission, he was asked by a reporter, first, how he enjoyed the ballet and, secondly, if he was going to become divorced soon. In a display of modesty for Vladimir Putin, he announced that he was indeed…
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BITS AND PIECES; ODDS AND ENDS
On my desk I have a tape recorder into which I dictate notes about future essays. It is an audible tape recorder in view of the fact that I can no longer see to write and writing is incomprehensible to me. After I have dictated a series of comments into my notepad, I usually publish…
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HE ALWAYS SHOOK MY HAND
Eric Bogle is a prolific songwriter who started his life in Scotland in a town called Peebles. At age 25, he took off for Australia and has long since become a citizen there. Bogle composed a song which is really a poem to recognize the existence of a love affair wherein the husband eventually died. …
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LADIES’ CHATTERINGS
This essay purports to comment on the conduct of females in restaurants which has come to be disturbing in some cases. Before I am accused of bias against females, I would cite at least two points in my defense. Those of you who have read Ezra’s Essays over the years know that I am a…
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I’M STILL GORGEOUS INSIDE
If you are a close follower of the essays that come from this desk, you may recall an essay done last spring. It was called “I’m Gorgeous Inside.” It had to do with a for-sale sign on the house immediately adjacent to this one which had an appendage to the for-sale sign which said, “I’m…
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“I’M GORGEOUS INSIDE” -Ellen Konik
My wife comes from the fabulously wealthy town of Lycippus, Pennsylvania. I believe that she owns a controlling interest in that town and the surrounding territories. While I have known Miss Chicka for a number of years, she has never mentioned that she ever served in the American military. Those of you who have served…
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I’M STILL MAD AS HELL
This essay should be read after another essay called “In Memoriam: Abelino Mazariego.” I don’t usually write essays that are to be consumed one after the other. I like my essays to have a beginning, a middle, and an end, the thought being that they can all stand on their own feet. In the instant…