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21 Thoughts about 2021

Posted on December 30, 2021 by

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Making meals for homeless people takes the sting out of a lot of things. The best thing I did all year was go to all my daughter’s prenatal appointments with her. Don’t drink so much you get a hangover in the morning and think… Continue Reading “21 Thoughts about 2021”

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2021’s Word

Posted on January 1, 2021 by

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Equanimity: mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation I would have done better had ‘equanimity’ been the word of the year at the beginning of 2020. Instead, I had to spend much of the year tied as tight as… Continue Reading “2021’s Word”

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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