This phrase, “taking time off” is interesting because time is never off. Like it says in the old ad for Timex, it just keeps on ticking and one day, we will run out of time, or walk out, or lie down and check out. Think of some amusing ways people speak about time. “I didn’t
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Andrew approached me with his paper in hand, presented it to me and said, “Here, is this what you want?” I was teaching an elective in “creative writing” for juniors and seniors in high school and Andrew was one of those edgy students who often seemed unhappy with an assignment but worked hard to fulfill
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These elements we accept without thinking, without a deep sense of appreciation and yet they sustain life as we know it. Fire – It keeps us warm and we can’t live without it whether body temperature or the proverbial fire in the belly; the furnace that both digests what we consume and drives us
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