Author: Stephanie Ortiz

Keith Harris On The Loss of A Good Friend & Finding The Unexpected
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On The Loss of A Good Friend & Finding The Unexpected

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My day started with the expectation to meet a friend at my favorite French cafe and buy Alexandra macaroons. But K called me and changed everything: “Keith’s in the hospital. He’s only got a day or two, maybe a week. I’m going to see him.” I canceled my plans and booked a train to New… Continue reading On The Loss of A Good Friend & Finding The Unexpected

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Loss of Sense of Humor–Unmasking Another Covid Symptom

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SORRY I’VE BEEN MIA! Yep! I got the dreaded Covid. For two years, I worried about the day it would hit me. What would happen? Would I be okay? I listened to so many stories of all the other people who got it, and I even lived through Skylar getting it before Twelfth Night and… Continue reading Loss of Sense of Humor–Unmasking Another Covid Symptom

Two-frame image of Stephanie with her husband and fireworks in the second frame I Believe In One Nation Under God, Do You?
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I Believe In One Nation Under God, Do You?

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Yesterday people posted upside-down flags, the DJ on the radio talked about what color you could wear to show your dissent, and people got shot at a 4th of July parade. Disturbing! And not because there were shootings on the 4th of July; Americans shoot Americans daily. So that part’s not surprising (sadly). But the… Continue reading I Believe In One Nation Under God, Do You?