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Deborah Kelly wrote a new post 11 months, 2 weeks ago
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll . . . at 1 p.m. on a Wednesday by Celia Rivenbark Oh, thank you, Jamie Lee Curtis, for bringing to the nation’s attention a problem that many of us, er, “seasoned citizens” have been too embar […]
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Deborah Kelly wrote a new post 1 year, 3 months ago
When I was about twelve years old, I found John Christopher’s YA Tripods books in the library. In this series, the humans on Earth have reverted to an agricultural, village-based society dominated by aliens who s […]
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Deborah Kelly wrote a new post 1 year, 4 months ago
Turning sixty last month mandated a driver’s license renewal that replaced my wide-eyed forty-year-old self with a puffy-eyed, wrinkly-necked person unmistakably related to the round-faced woman who gave me l […]
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Deborah Kelly wrote a new post 1 year, 9 months ago
We had been married a little over a year when I had an abortion.
Put down your rocks and torches. If I had not had the abortion, I might well have died.
Not so simple now, is it? If I had been your wife, […]
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Deborah Kelly wrote a new post 2 years, 1 month ago
Meditation has been proven to manage stress and anxiety, increase focus, and interrupt negative thought patterns. For a variety of reasons, however, many people don’t feel that traditional meditation is for t […]
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Deborah Kelly wrote a new post 2 years, 5 months ago
The “rat whisperer,” as he had been jovially described to me by his co-worker who performs my regular pest control service, had been summoned. He was admirably punctual, masked and wearing starched khak […]
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Deborah Kelly wrote a new post 2 years, 7 months ago
One of the most surprising things I’ve discovered about writing is that while putting words on the page can be a solitary act, “being a writer” can’t be.
Mind The Gap
There is a gap between what peo […] -
Deborah Kelly commented on the post, The Kidney Hoarder By Bess Wiley 2 years, 9 months ago
So uplifting and beautiful. Thank you. I needed that.
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Deborah Kelly commented on the post, Getting Unhooked by Hilary Holladay 2 years, 10 months ago
Lots of much-needed wisdom here. Thanks for a beautiful reminder of the power of compassion.
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Deborah Kelly commented on the post, My Most Memorable Patient by Roselyn Elliott 3 years ago
Don’t know how I missed this back in February but glad I found it now … Such a beautifully written account of loving empathy I couldn’t stop reading, even though I should be working. Today’s pandemic has shown […]
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Deborah Kelly wrote a new post 3 years, 1 month ago
Mary, Mary, quite contrary . . . a splat from my Charlottesville restauranting days . . .
From the mid-1970s until the early 1980s, I co-owned a couple of Charlottesville restaurants with my second ex-husband. […]
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Deborah Kelly commented on the post, Nothing but Light: Works by David Summers 3 years, 1 month ago
Gorgeous work and beautifully written! Bravo!
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Deborah Kelly commented on the post, Where Are My Words? by Pamela Potter 3 years, 1 month ago
Looks like her writing skills haven’t waned, despite the challenges. Quite nice!
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Deborah Kelly wrote a new post 3 years, 4 months ago
“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.”
—Augustine of Hippo
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Deborah Kelly commented on the post, On Being Threatened with Hellfire in the Second Grade by Martha Woodroof 3 years, 6 months ago
Always look forward to Martha Woodroof’s wonderful essays and high-flying spirit. Much needed in these troubling times. Thanks for the shot of inspiration!
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Deborah Kelly commented on the post, Time for Change: Juneteenth Photos by Mark Atkinson 3 years, 9 months ago
Incredible photos! Thank you.
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Deborah Kelly wrote a new post 3 years, 10 months ago
Much has been going on in the blogger’s back-of-the-blog life, compounded with news of the nation. And frankly, I have been mulling for well over a week on how to say what I want to say; or how to say anything, f […]
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Deborah Kelly commented on the post, A Plague Tale by Trudy Hale 3 years, 11 months ago
This is wonderful! Can’t wait to read your memoir.
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Deborah Kelly wrote a new post 4 years, 1 month ago
Have you heard what dying people are said to regret? Working too much. Spending too little time with family and friends. Not speaking up when someone is out of line. Postponing joy. These are real regrets. I know […]
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Deborah Kelly commented on the post, Butter, Bread, Beethoven: I Remember My Father by Cora Schenberg 4 years, 5 months ago
This is such a beautiful, touching remembrance of a most wonderful father and man. A terrible loss, but what a gift his life was. Hope you finish that memoir!
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