Writing out of my mind

by Joan Silberlicht Epstein

I have been a keen observer of people and my surroundings for as long as I can remember. I sat and I watched and I wondered. While I never took to hiding in dumbwaiters (does anyone actually have one of these?) Harriet the Spy fascinated me.

I have not always spoken up about my observations, but I have always had plenty to say. This blog is a compilation of those things. Welcome to the inside of my head!

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17,000 and Counting

Today is a special day. It is our 20th wedding anniversary. It is also my 17,000 day of being alive. I could decide on a day as special as this that I deserve to be pampered – by others, by me. I could spend the day sitting around with my feet up and reading a book while

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