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Finally, Romantic Justice For Little Women’s Jo

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Jo belonged with Laurie – we all know it. The Little Women ending that should have been.

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, love

Goodbye to all that

November 14, 2024by Reliablyuncomfortable 2 Comments

If it’s true that everywhere you go there you are, it’s also true (for me anyway) that everywhere I’ve been, here I am

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern, not horror, reflections

Once Upon a Time, In Wonderland

February 10, 2024by Reliablyuncomfortable 4 Comments

The internet has revolutionized the way we live, work, and interact, bringing about unprecedented connectivity and opportunities for growth and development. It helps people connect with friends, family, and communities […]

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Bird's Eye View

Sixty

December 16, 2023by Reliablyuncomfortable 8 Comments

Today I turn 60 and it’s fine, I mean, I feel fine but emotionally it sucks and I’ve been thinking about that, why that is. I am active and strong […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, not horror, but still uncomfortable, reflections

49 Tomorrows

October 28, 2023by Reliablyuncomfortable 3 Comments

The other day I clicked on a “calculate your life expectancy quiz”. After entering the data I clicked for the result. A kind of superstitious awe filled me. 60 This […]

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Bird's Eye View, but still uncomfortable, not horror, reflections

Remembering Sonoma Days

September 26, 2023by Reliablyuncomfortable Leave a comment

They were a pack of three all of their days which is why their bond was so strong. But sometimes two of them went where he could not yet follow. […]

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Bird's Eye View

The Greatest Humans

September 25, 2023by Reliablyuncomfortable Leave a comment

An ode to human greatness (and dogs)

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, reflections

Hi Daddy

September 21, 2023by Reliablyuncomfortable 4 Comments

It’s me, Sandy. I like to write letters and one day I realized I never write letters to my own family, so sat down to write you this letter, and […]

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Bird's Eye View, growing up midwestern, love, not horror, reflections

In the middle of things

June 6, 2022by Reliablyuncomfortable Leave a comment

I’m from the midwest, she said in answer to the question everyone asked when she found herself seated at a table like this.   I’m so sorry, he laughed.  You’re not […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern

My father’s house

April 1, 2022by Reliablyuncomfortable Leave a comment

Recently I had cause to spend a couple of nights in an old abandoned farmhouse, moving out decades worth of stored furniture. I was both relieved and disappointed that there […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern, reflections

What we might have said, if we had known in time

March 5, 2022by Reliablyuncomfortable Leave a comment

I’m worried, I said to my sister, half a country away. I am too, she said. I remember a news item, little commented upon, a little more than a month […]

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Bird's Eye View, but still uncomfortable, Essays, The Daily Write

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