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“There is only one thing that could replace a book: The next book.” Where do you get your book recommendations? I love to read book reviews, but I find that I often don’t agree with the reviewer. Friends with similar…
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Beyond their performances, the human musicians. Music has strong associations for me with times, places, and seasons of my life. ASE readers have inspired me to extend my thinking about the musicians of my formative years. Here are some suggestions……
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Timely nuggets of information and ideas we want to share with you. My daughter asked me during the weekend of Tropical Storm Henri if there is truth to the warning that people can get electrocuted during a thunderstorm or if…
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Six-word stories and other short-short tales. One of my daughters just started graduate school and the very first ‘ice-breaker’ exercise was for students to describe themselves to their classmates with The Hemingway Challenge, a six-word autobiography. This was new to…
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Should you read the book or see the movie first? If you belong to a book club, or just love to read, it can be fun to put together a reading list of books you’ve wanted to read that also…
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Some were in person, some were virtual and all were terrific. Like last year, this 2021 graduation season was primarily on Zoom, although not completely. There were fewer great graduation speeches to choose from because many colleges and universities changed…
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When life knocks Beth down, she keeps on trudging through. Guest writer Paige Host reviews The Queen’s Gambit: cinematography, perspective, and inspiration. Get out your chess board. I’m not very ‘into’ television. My partner and I try to limit screen…
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Sharon Lorenzo tours the public Murals of Philadelphia Aqui y Alla by Michelle Angela Ortiz For the past decade I have had the pleasure of taking my law students from the University of Pennsylvania on tours of the public murals…
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Positive things to look forward to. New trends are always fun to watch for and, in this very uncertain time, anything fun is welcome. I have been chatting with friends (virtually, of course) about the ways we might begin to…
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