Articles written by Janet Kurtz

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The Adventures Behind Lists

I pulled out the small shopping cart at Trig’s Supermarket and began my meandering search for this year’s supplies, list in hand. Unlike the Ten ...
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North to Alaska

The plane would leave at 9:30 p.m., meaning we needed to schedule the airport transport to arrive no later than 7:30. It was an hour ...
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Here AND There:
         Flat Jan

If you are here, you can’t be there. If you’re there, you can’t be here. Unless, of course, you have made a clone of yourself ...
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Return to Jubilee

The traffic sped by us, easily exceeding legal limits by ten to fifteen miles per hour. The large, long semis appeared out of nowhere, covering ...
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Time Ran Out

It is the be-twixted and between hour of the morning. I rolled over to see the red numbers on the alarm clock flash 4:04 a.m. ...
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Life Twisted by Texts

The twisted tree lives its life, while the straight tree ends up in boards. Chinese Proverb Or, my 2024 version: The twisted tree lives its ...
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Lorraine, A Life Changer

Lorraine would have been in her early 50s when she became the pivot point to the rest of my life. I was the minister’s daughter ...
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Miracles

  Sister Mary sat across from me at our booth in the Little Fiesta Mexican Restaurant on a recent late November afternoon. We first met ...
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Janet Kurtz in Oaxaca, Mexico
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Next Best Step

My plane left me behind. I am tired. My boarding pass is not downloading. Not even Delta can access it. I would like to find ...
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