• Estate Sale - Everything Must Go
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    Surreal

    Author's Note: My mother passed away May 6, 2013. I wrote this, and its companion piece, "Bittersweet", in those first months after her death. A few weeks ago, we reviewed the word "bittersweet". Today, we will discuss "surreal". Spending weekends…

  • Too old to keep.
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    Bittersweet

    Author's Note: My mother passed away May 6, 2013. I wrote this, and its companion piece, "Surreal", in those first months after her death. We have some excellent words in English: single words that can substitute an entire paragraph of…