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Fear & Fascination –– My Shark Encounter

August meant the loss of summertime’s ethereal haze. The barren landscape of RVs on the crest of Silver Strand State Beach was laid on a backdrop of breathtakin...

5 Reasons Why I Love Libraries (And You Should Too!)

(photo credit: Janko Ferlic, unsplash.com) Let's be real. Going to the library was my absolute favorite activity when I was a kid.  On any given day, I'd b...

How I Almost Never Existed –– A True Survival Story

A hundred years ago, 1.5 million Armenians were systematically killed in the Armenian Genocide.  Although other members of my family were killed, my great-...

A Quest for Lost Authenticity

https://steemitimages.com/DQmQcnB9vCCbuaPCimBqAMQzFJuHBjx9tGPW325tUJ9m9ik/image.png Authenticity. It might as well be an ancient myth. We’ve exchanged empathy f...