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A Simple Kindness

Posted on February 26, 2024 by daeja's view

Many years ago while on a flight from Istanbul to New York, I settled in to watch an inflight movie, when all of a sudden the headset I had brought stopped working. While the airline had packaged headsets provided for … Continue reading →

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I’m Not That Old

Posted on January 13, 2014 by daeja's view

Today was the first time I have been in a movie theater to see a feature film  in longer than I can remember.  With the exception of attending foreign films with subtitles, I have pretty much given up on going … Continue reading →

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Never Mind – I’ll Tell You Later

Posted on April 26, 2011 by daeja's view

The group is bantering witticisms back and forth and raucous laughter ensues.  I am standing among them, nodding and smiling, and my brain is working hard and at double time.  I am trying to string together the words I missed with … Continue reading →

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