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I Haven’t Lost Everything but I Know Someone Who Did

Posted on October 5, 2025 by

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In 1970, when my grandmother was in her mid-eighties and consigned to a nursing home because of her propensity for falling, my mother and her brother conferred about how to pay for her care. It’s not for me to say they had a variety… Continue Reading “I Haven’t Lost Everything but I Know Someone Who Did”

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Where Did All the Things Go?

Posted on October 5, 2024 by

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There’s a deceptively simple answer to this question if I’m interpreting it right. If I lost all my ‘stuff,’ I’d declare victory over downsizing. Then, I’d probably have a party which would require that I buy a bunch of plates and wine glasses and… Continue Reading “Where Did All the Things Go?”

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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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