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Don’t You Love it When You’re Right? Except When You’re Wrong

By deannelson on August 5, 2014

This essay of mine appeared on Donald Miller’s Storyline Blog on July 22   Just recently I had a dentist appointment, and was without a car. No problem, I thought to myself. I’ll just ride…
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Driving in Ireland: Where Do You Think You’re Going?

By deannelson on July 9, 2014

This story of mine appeared in the June, 2014 edition of Westways Magazine   I should have paid closer attention when the lady in the Kinsale, Ireland, tourism office drew us a map for a…
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Sometimes My Headaches Bring Out the Best in My Friends

By deannelson on June 11, 2014

This post of mine also appeared June 11, 2014 on Donald Miller’s Storyline blog. The thing about migraines is that they don’t make an appointment. They just show up. Unannounced. Like those bad feelings you…
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So, Dad, Do You Remember World War II? Did It Remember You?

By deannelson on December 5, 2013

This essay of mine originally appeared in the December, 2013 edition of San Diego Magazine.   When my dad enlisted in the Army at age 19 to join those who wanted to stop Hitler’s march…
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Billy Collins, Brian Doyle Murray and I Did Play Golf Together. They Played Well. I Played…Well…

By deannelson on November 12, 2013 / 3 Comments

This story originally appeared in the October 2013 edition of Golf Getaways magazine. I’ll admit it. I was nervous. It’s not that I had something to prove in my upcoming golf game with former poet…
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Hey Cellphone User! Oh, Never Mind

By deannelson on October 17, 2013

This essay of mine also appeared recently on Donald Miller’s Storylineblog. com site. Does this bother you as much as it bothers me:  A person is pushing a stroller, with the child facing the adult,…
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“When You Focus on the Things That Can Make You Crash, You’ll Crash”

By deannelson on August 16, 2013

                To put it simply, I guess I lost my focus. I was already a little anxious when the day began. A few of us were in British Columbia at a friend’s house, doing stuff…
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“When You Focus on the Things That Can Make You Crash, You’ll Crash”

By deannelson on August 16, 2013

                To put it simply, I guess I lost my focus. I was already a little anxious when the day began. A few of us were in British Columbia at a friend’s house, doing stuff…
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Evicting Rats, Digging Up Memories

By deannelson on July 19, 2013 / 2 Comments

  This was also posted on Donald Miller’s Storyline blog today. My wife and I had been putting off this task for some time. It was gross. That’s what we kept telling ourselves as we…
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A Tale of Two Golf Courses, But It’s Not Really About Golf

By deannelson on June 6, 2013

I visited two world-famous golf courses recently. One was Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California, and the other was in Port Au Prince, Haiti. One caters to the wealthy, and one was taken over by…
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