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When Carrie Bradshaw (the fictitious character from the television show, Sex and the City), walks around New York City, people treat her like a celebrity.
They call her name, wave and …
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Ramona Jan
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10/8/24
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You might have a heart-dropping moment, as did I, when I saw an alarming message in my Facebook/Meta (yeah, I’m confused, too) notifications for Callicoon Walking Tours.
Said notice …
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Ramona Jan
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10/1/24
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My eyes swept across the cafeteria. All the fourth-grade kids blurred into one. Boys into girls and girls into boys. I had no friends, but I did have the power of a brand new Kelly green sweater with …
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Ramona Jan
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9/24/24
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“Awww, look at you,” said the technician gazing at my scan at Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, “You’re Lucky Lefty. You have lots of blood in your left …
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Ramona Jan
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9/10/24
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We all lived on 85th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. Myself and ‘the mayor’ for years in separate apartments on the ground floor of the same brownstone. ‘The …
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Ramona Jan
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8/27/24
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Notes from the frontlines of cancer, and quotes from my friends in the battle with female cancers. All quotes are true. Names have been changed for privacy.
Sally: “I’m one …
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Ramons Jan
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8/20/24
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Finally, after visiting with her since February, my oncologist turns to me and says, “I see you’re a writer.” Did I write ‘writer’ as my job description on …
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Ramona Jan
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8/6/24
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Zen is a cat. No, a kitten. A five month-old naughty (but adorable) kitten, who doesn’t know the meaning of his namesake.
By definition, “finding Zen simply means slowing down and …
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Ramona Jan
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7/30/24
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In response to recent events, I asked others what they were doing when they were twenty years-old.
Here’s my story:
At twenty, I had just been promoted from shipping clerk to a …
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Ramona Jan
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7/23/24
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A friend called, “Everyone’s grousing about the UPS box that went missing from Main Street Callicoon!” he shouts before adding, “And I think you should find out what …
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Ramona Jan
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7/16/24
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R: I understand you wrote to Elvis.
A: Yes
R: How old were you?
A: I’m gonna say I was nine or ten years-old.
R: And how did you find his address?
A: I …
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Ramona Jan
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7/9/24
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I was going to do a piece on July 4th and how fireworks, thrilling as they may be, also disturb nesting birds, domestic pets and many young children, including myself when I was a wee one. And then I …
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Ramona Jan
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7/2/24
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