I’d like to think that the technology we had 20 years ago and still enjoy today would still be relevant 20 years from now. Two decades ago, I was turning 30. While it’s true that there have been drastic changes in the world since then, in my mind, that’s practically yesterday. Still, there are manyContinue reading “Life Divided in Scores”
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Who Is St. Ives?
My name is Ivy. It’s short enough and shouldn’t have a nickname. Still, those three letters comprise two syllables and compel the lazy to shorten them even more, but in reducing the number of syllables, they inadvertently augment the spelling into four letters: Ives. A word to the wise, I don’t like being called Ives,Continue reading “Who Is St. Ives?”
Getting Kinder with Age
I’m obviously very flawed, but there are some things about me that I find endearing, if I say so myself. I’m awash with harmless quirks that I think make me interesting to my kindred and just plain odd to those who are not of the race that knows Joseph (even I rolled my own eyesContinue reading “Getting Kinder with Age”
Anybody Else on Medium?
Follow me and I’ll follow back. Anyway, let me just first laugh bitterly before I answer this prompt. I had two careers lined up in my dewy youth. I was a Spanish teacher and I was a writer. Writing tended to take a step back whenever I was gainfully employed, but I had been doingContinue reading “Anybody Else on Medium?”
Be More Like Anne Shirley
I pick Anne of Green Gables. A couple of decades ago, I would have picked Stargirl as the book character I’d like to be. I already loved Anne Shirley, but I was more concerned about being alternative and unique. That’s not really unique these days. Not to mention that it was also rather a superficialContinue reading “Be More Like Anne Shirley”
This Small Life 