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MORE OF BITS AND PIECES, AND ODDS AND ENDS
You will recall – or I hope you will recall – that these are bits that come from my notepad and that there is no connection from one subject to another. So we continue with the spirit of bits and pieces, odds and ends. The first thought has to do with the cicadas. It might…
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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…