The Care & Feeding of Introverts

Introvert /intrəˌvərt/ Noun a shy, reticent person According to Urban Dictionary (which is probably used almost as often as dear old Webster these days…) An introvert prefers to spend time alone in order to recharge their inner being. An introvert may appear to be shy to others, but that is…

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Not with a Bang, but with a Whisper

COVID-19 Corona Virus Disease 2019 The disease hit, and the world went to pieces.  Quarantines and lock downs, enforced to different levels of severity.  Families divided and kept apart for a long list of reasons.  Governments flailed, people rallied or revolted, and trust was broken between everyone. The media took…

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What’s in a name?

“Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? …What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d, Retain that dear perfection which he owes…” Wow, I can still remember most of that soliloquy.  It was…

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Profiler

It had been Regina’s dream to become an FBI Profiler since she was a young child and had actually spent some time with one.  She was fascinated by the larger-than-life man who seemed to see all and know even more.  She decided right then and there that she would become…

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The Obsidian Plague

She used to joke about her “teacher’s immune system”.  After the first couple years of teaching, she just didn’t get sick anymore.  She didn’t take anything, save some glasses of orange juice, but she really did have impressive natural defenses.  When everyone else was out with the flu or some…

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