Articles written by Janet Kurtz
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			April 11, 2024		
				
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			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
					
																						
			March 7, 2024		
				
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			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
					
																						
			February 15, 2024		
				
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			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
					
																						
			January 9, 2024		
				
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			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
					
																						
			December 13, 2023		
				
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			  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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						Next Best Step
					
																						
			November 14, 2023		
				
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			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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						The Tales We Tell
					
																						
			October 16, 2023		
				
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			Changes. A month ago, it was still light out at this hour. Today, I have to wait for sunrise to take my morning walk. There ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						The Barbie Conundrum
					
																						
			September 5, 2023		
				
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			Ella pulled up her kayak next to mine and we overlapped our paddles to float back eastward on the afternoon waves together. It was her ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Here, Time Does Not Exist
					
																						
			August 3, 2023		
				
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			It’s 5:00 am.  I don’t know why, maybe the light, but all summer this is the time I wake up. I’m snuggled under a quilt ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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