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Perilous times: an inside look at abortion before- and after- Roe v. Wade

Perilous times: an inside look at abortion before- and after- Roe v. Wade

A gripping overview, in storyteller form, of abortion from its historic beginnings to the perilous times of today’s threatened reproductive rights.

2013

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Nighttime in the Lonely City

Kindness and despair: A photo essay

Sep 20, 2022

Nighttime in the Lonely City

Sep 20, 2022

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10 Steps to a Guaranteed Good Day

Observations of an Octogenarian Optimist

Aug 30, 2022

10 Steps to a Guaranteed Good Day

Aug 30, 2022

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Wait! We’re so smart? How about the Greeks and Romans and their urbane compatriots?

The sky is falling! Breaking news! Our fragile democracy in peril!!

Jul 27, 2022

Wait! We’re so smart? How about the Greeks and Romans and their urbane compatriots?

Jul 27, 2022

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Dying in Pain — or Comfort?

This essay appears on the blog page of End of Life Choices CA, a nonprofit which I am proud to serve as a volunteer and board member…

Jul 17, 2022

Dying in Pain — or Comfort?

Jul 17, 2022

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Abortion Pre-Roe: A Survivor’s Story

Nearly 70 years ago I survived an amateur abortion. On a kitchen table in a drab house in a down-at-the-heels neighborhood of Atlanta…

Jul 5, 2022

Abortion Pre-Roe: A Survivor’s Story

Jul 5, 2022

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The Memoirist

I Went Peeking into the Past

Considering the ancestral story — and wishing for time and talent to spin a few of those tales

2h ago

An lovely old photograph showing a woman peeking out a window and a well-dressed man leaning on the outside.

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We Need More Guns? Really?

Mourning the loss of carefree childhood

6d ago

We Need More Guns? Really?

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The Narrative Arc

I Was a Saleswoman in the ’60s

Wanting books for my kids, I took on the worst job ever

Sep 5

woman in ’60s scarf and sunglasses, yellow background.

Sep 5

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Oh, the Glory of Hand-Written Words

Political or personal — handwriting carries your heart to another

Sep 2

Oh, the Glory of Hand-Written Words

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Crow’s Feet

How to Lose $80 at 80+ . . . or Not

Apple Technology 101: You’re never too old to learn. I promise.

Aug 25

How to Lose $80 at 80+ . . . or Not

Aug 25

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Lifelong newspaper & magazine writer, author, blogger at franjohns.net, agitator for justice, kindness & interfaith understanding.

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