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Michele Fitzpatrick
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No-Stress Tresses
I like having hair. I have never known what to do with it. I credit the females in my clan for this. All, each of them, every one, has tresses, I’d say. They have natural waves and sheens and abundance … Continue reading
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gizmos
Among things that divide us, gizmos rank right up with country of origin and whether you believe burps are funny. (No.) One either embraces the gizmo or disdains the gizmo. I love ’em, in part because a gizmo is an … Continue reading
What you get is what you see
On a bedroom wall in our Chicago condo I hung art, or what I thought was art when I bought it. It’s round and metal and has some little mirrors on it. In the few years it has been there … Continue reading
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Presidential favor
Other citizens have better reasons for opinions of presidents alive in their own lifetime. My choices lack both logic and knowledge. My choices are self-centered. Dwight D. Eisenhower was my parent’s president. His sternishness and cheery little wife Mamie made … Continue reading
Well Scripted
Practicing penmanship in 5th grade outranked talking to boys as a right of passage at Immaculate Conception grammar school in the 1950s in Elmhurst, IL Our teachers, the Sisters of St. Agnes, didn’t forbid cross-gender conversation so much as they … Continue reading
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High Prize Indeed
When Chinese citizen Guan Moye (pen name “Mo Yan”) was awarded this (2012) year’s Nobel Prize in literature, Christian Science Monitor reported he told prize organizers he was “overjoyed and scared” when he learned he won. This is the best … Continue reading
Learning to learn
Other teachers are better than I am at engaging students, leading them to discoveries, and setting them on a success path of a world riveted on achievement that is measured like shoe size. I am better at seeing what kids … Continue reading
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Busy Business
Most women, ALL women I know are busy. This is a component of why I cherish them. I just wish we all would stop mentioning it. Being busy, I mean. I did a survey and noted it was mentioned in … Continue reading
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Gift of Gab-rielle
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D)officially is Gabrielle Giffords, following her resignation from Congress in January 2012. But during the Democratic Convention this week, I saw her as the stateswoman she is. She was afire onstage where she recited the Pledge … Continue reading
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News about new
Our 1950’s ranch house in Elmhurst, Il was suited to recycling but Mom, Dad, two brothers and I weren’t familiar with the term. We were familiar with leftovers. Our attic ran the length of the house, which meant nothing ever … Continue reading
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Mrs. Fitz's Story Emporium 