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2023-05-21T14:25:12-04:00

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My Two Cents on Food Pantries

Last updated on: May 21, 2023 at 2:25 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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Twitter was awash in another pile-on the other day, this time on the subject of food pantries. The person responsible for today’s pile-on just goes by her first name, Didi. Didi, based on her bio and profile photo, is a conservative Catholic woman who’s had a bad face lift. She wants us to know that she used to work at a food pantry but doesn’t anymore because the poor don’t deserve it, and she thinks this is Democrats’ fault: “I... Read more

2023-05-18T17:23:41-04:00

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The Rust Belt Ascension

Last updated on: May 18, 2023 at 5:23 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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I went to the backyard to watch the garden grow. The potatoes are just barely poking up out of the soil in the planters. Watching potatoes is comical. They stay underground just long enough that you think you’ve made a mistake and they’re not coming. And suddenly– there they are. After that it’s like Jack and the Beanstalk. You can’t re-bury them fast enough. They sprout above the ground again the next day. There are a few spikes coming... Read more

2023-05-17T22:03:26-04:00

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Without Serendipity

Last updated on: May 17, 2023 at 10:03 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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Jimmy came back to work on Serendipity, bringing the new alternator. He dug out the old one, an ugly thing that looked like a cross between an electric fan and a grenade. To his surprise, at a closer look, it was a replacement alternator that someone had put in my car after all. At first I thought that meant I’d been too hasty and hadn’t been cheated. But in reality, the situation was even worse. He said the alternator was... Read more

2023-05-16T15:41:53-04:00

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On My Children

Last updated on: May 16, 2023 at 3:41 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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Jimmy finished taking the old alternator out of Serendipity, the ill-fated Nissan I bought in October. He kept knocking at my door to narrate his progress as he did so. I kept on getting up to look at the engine parts and nod my head. I didn’t know anything about cars, that was my downfall. Now, I feel like I’ve had quite the education. Yes, there was a junkyard motor in my used car. He could see the blue... Read more

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2023-05-14T23:34:17-04:00

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Through Chaos, Through Gardens

Last updated on: May 14, 2023 at 11:34 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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I was going for a walk, instead of going to church. I still can’t walk into a Catholic Church without a panic attack. I miss the Eucharist. I wonder if He misses me. I don’t miss the agony, the smells and bells and terrible memories, the coming home in a panic, the going to bed Sunday afternoon and feeling unsafe into Tuesday. I want this to end, but I don’t see a way out. I was going to try... Read more

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2023-05-12T12:32:33-04:00

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A Time To Plant

Last updated on: May 12, 2023 at 12:32 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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Jimmy came over to repair Serendipity. I told him again about the car’s alternator suddenly dying, and the mechanic downtown saying it had bad wires and couldn’t be fixed, and getting it towed to the Lost Girl’s house where her uncle put in a new alternator. I told him about how it died again instantly when I went to drive it after the fix. I told him how I’d been told, by the uncle through the Lost Girl, the... Read more

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2023-05-14T13:04:07-04:00

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While Planting Potatoes

Last updated on: May 14, 2023 at 1:04 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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I planted potatoes, as I told you the other day. As I planted potatoes, I prayed, because gardening makes me feel like praying. And as I prayed, I thought about things. I balanced the planters on bricks so they’d have plenty of room for extra water to drain through the holes. Then I put a layer of gravel at the bottoms of the planters, for more drainage. Then I broke off all but the biggest eye on each of the... Read more

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2023-05-10T12:23:31-04:00

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The Good Can Be True

Last updated on: May 10, 2023 at 12:23 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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It hasn’t been the best of weeks. Jimmy still didn’t have time to get to Serendipity, as he’s working on his mother-in-Law’s car before mine, so I’m driving the borrowed geriatric Chevy. Or I was: on Saturday night, some joyrider in LaBelle hit and run while it was parked across the street. The owners of the car were very gracious about this and said such accidents are common. I think I can get the mirror back into place with... Read more

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2023-05-09T18:45:50-04:00

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A Verdict for Donald Trump, and for All His Disciples

Last updated on: May 9, 2023 at 6:45 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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I was planting potatoes when Michael leaned out the window. “In case you need something to write about today,” he said, and I knew the jury in the Donald Trump civil case had come back. I came in, and there was the result. Liable for sexual abuse, not liable for rape, liable for defamation and actual malice. Five million dollars. I doubt she’ll see a cent, as he’ll be filing ridiculous appeals for the rest of his life. But... Read more

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2023-05-07T23:26:07-04:00

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Calling a Spade a Spade in the Gun Control Debate

Last updated on: May 7, 2023 at 11:26 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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You know what I think would help immensely? I think we should call a spade a spade. Words have great power. If you speak about things truthfully, that can move mountains. I think we should tell the truth about gun nuts. Not about people who own guns in general. Not about hunters, or people who collect antique guns because they have an interest in military history. Not about people who have a gun or even a few guns carefully... Read more

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