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Know Thy Neighbor

Another Way to Get to Know Your Neighborhood

Sep 5, 2021

Know Thy Neighbor

Sep 5, 2021

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The Snows of Yesteryear

A post in response to the Counter Arts prompt to share a photo of the place I come from

Aug 25, 2021

The Snows of Yesteryear

Aug 25, 2021

Maria Benet

The Virtual Doctor’s Visit

Since the pandemic wreaked havoc with all aspects of our lives, virtual doctor’s visits have become common practice. Many of us have been…

Aug 24, 2021

The Virtual Doctor’s Visit

Aug 24, 2021

Maria Benet

Memento

This may sound odd, but some of my happiest childhood memories have grave connotations — that is, they come from time spent by gravesides…

Aug 13, 2021

Memento

Aug 13, 2021

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My Blank Vision Board

When you set out to picture your goals but instead you find the way to your values

Aug 7, 2021

My Blank Vision Board

Aug 7, 2021

Maria Benet

The Other Side

There was that one year in my life in which I spent close to 60 days as a visitor in different psychiatric inpatient units in the San…

Aug 2, 2021

The Other Side

Aug 2, 2021

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Your Lease on Privacy

After my husband and I sold the house we called home for a couple of decades, we moved into an apartment to give us a little time and space…

Jul 24, 2021

Your Lease on Privacy

Jul 24, 2021

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Cell Phone Blues

The other day I went for a walk. About five minutes into my meander up the hills of the nature preserve I usually go to get away from it…

Jul 18, 2021

Cell Phone Blues

Jul 18, 2021

Maria Benet

Learning a Foreign Language to Get to Know You Better

When I enter the classroom for a couple of hours twice a week, I leave an entire continent behind the door I close. English is banished…

Mar 22, 2018

Learning a Foreign Language to Get to Know You Better

Mar 22, 2018

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Lit Up

Assisted Living

Late November bundled the skies in thick clouds that made the days seem shorter than they needed to be at this time of year. With winter…

Mar 13, 2018

Assisted Living

Mar 13, 2018

Maria Benet

Maria Benet

Born pessimist. Trained optimist. Reluctant poet. Retired blogger. Still haunted by an urge to distill the world into words.

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