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Jo An Fox-Wright Maddox
Jo An Fox-Wright Maddox

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Published in Boomerangs

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All the Spaces There Are

I attempted to define “space” and I’m amazed where I ended up When I contemplate the word “space,” my mind boggles. In truth, many things boggle my mind. My mind seems easily boggled. I’m boggled by the word “boggle.” But back to space. There are so many kinds of space…

Inner Space

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All the Spaces You’ll Go
All the Spaces You’ll Go
Inner Space

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Facts Can Be Fascinating

Sometimes when I’m feeling down, which has happened a lot lately with all the bad news about the virus and investigations that aren’t going fast enough and my own personal economic crisis, I find it helps to put myself in perspective. I don’t mean that I’m only one of billions…

Thebigpicture

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Facts Can Be Fascinating
Facts Can Be Fascinating
Thebigpicture

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Published in Age of Awareness

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Language Can Be Fascinating

and frustrating — I majored in languages because I was good at them. I learned to read on Sunday mornings, when I sat on my father’s lap, and he read the funnies to me. After a while, I started noticing patterns and recognizing small words. According to family legend, I started talking at…

Language Is Alive

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Language Can Be Fascinating
Language Can Be Fascinating
Language Is Alive

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Published in Age of Awareness

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15 Weeks, Switch, and Start Over

Before, during, and after I spent four years in college majoring in Spanish and minoring in French, I worked in offices. I ran a switchboard in a bank — I mean, a real switchboard with wires and holes, like the one Lily Tomlin had on “Laugh In.” (Google it, youngsters.)…

Mwc Reentry

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15 Weeks, Switch, and Start Over
15 Weeks, Switch, and Start Over
Mwc Reentry

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The Divide in Our Country

I’ve been trying for months to figure out the huge differences in this nation. 73 million people voted for a man who, in my opinion, was the worst president we’ve ever had. He knew nothing about the Constitution he took an oath to defend and protect. He filled his cabinet…

Divisiveness

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The Divide in Our Country
The Divide in Our Country
Divisiveness

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Published in Boomers, Bitches, and Babes

·1 hour ago

I Got a Compliment Today

It’s important to remember when we get complimented — Okay, that was the best picture with the key word I put in, but swans are beautiful, so I guess it’s okay. My family was very bad at accepting compliments. I don’t know why, whether compliments embarrassed us or made us feel self-conscious or what, but we didn’t do well…

Compliments

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I Got a Compliment Today
I Got a Compliment Today
Compliments

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Published in Boomers, Bitches, and Babes

·1 day ago

The Green Comet

I just want to see it — This comet is a big deal, they say. It hasn’t been seen since the Stone Age and may never be seen again, they say. It will be visible to the naked eye or a small telescope. I have both. But no one will give me directions on where to look. …

Astronomy

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The Green Comet
The Green Comet
Astronomy

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3 days ago

My Heart Is Overflowing

I just had a fascinating intellectual conversation with a 10-year-old and his father The 10-year-old is my grandson, and his father is my son. As an educator and a woman who loves intellectual conversation, to have such a wonderful conversation with offspring of mine is the fulfillment of a lifetime. …

Family

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My Heart Is Overflowing
My Heart Is Overflowing
Family

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4 days ago

How Do You Tell When a Marriage is Dead?

Dear Abby gave me the answer — There were no divorces in my family until I got my first one. Then my parents got divorced. Then my sister got divorced. Then I got divorced again. It was a landslide. I think no one earlier was divorced because it just wasn’t done. You got married, and you stayed…

Life Lessons

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How Do You Tell When a Marriage is Dead?
How Do You Tell When a Marriage is Dead?
Life Lessons

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6 days ago

White Male Supremacy Is a Myth

It doesn’t exist and never did — Which is more important, the sperm or the egg? Do they come in different colors, and is one color better than another? With equal education opportunities for both genders and all races, the majority of valedictorians and salutatorians of high schools are female. And they are not all white females…

Gender Equality

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White Male Supremacy Is a Myth
White Male Supremacy Is a Myth
Gender Equality

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Jo An Fox-Wright Maddox

Jo An Fox-Wright Maddox

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Former English professor ponders life, love, and how to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

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