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The Adventures Behind Lists

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Jul 15, 2024

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 Commandments, this is a list of suggestions. A starting point

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North to Alaska

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Jun 11, 2024

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 drive to catch that ride, so working back, I figured

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Here AND There:
         Flat Jan

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • May 12, 2024

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 to send adventuring in the hands of others. One of

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Return to Jubilee

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Apr 11, 2024

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 us with their shadows as they sandwiched us between the

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Time Ran Out

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Mar 07, 2024

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. – way too early to get out of bed. I

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Life Twisted by Texts

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Feb 15, 2024

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 life, while the straight tree becomes. . . bored The

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Lorraine, A Life Changer

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Jan 09, 2024

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 and she was the minister’s secretary. Being a PK (preacher’s

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Miracles

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Dec 13, 2023

  Sister Mary sat across from me at our booth in the Little Fiesta Mexican Restaurant on a recent late November afternoon. We first met over two decades ago when she registered for my evening

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Janet Kurtz in Oaxaca, Mexico

Next Best Step

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Nov 14, 2023

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 a hot sandwich and maybe some ice cream for supper.

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The Tales We Tell

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Oct 16, 2023

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 are no street lights here. The deer are up and

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