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Good Vibes Club

Loving the Filth and Forgiving the Clean

It’s about when we look and when we look away

Mar 21

Loving the Filth and Forgiving the Clean

Mar 21

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ENGAGE

Other People Once Walked the Earth

How we can see a crystal ball in reverse and find out what happened

Mar 1

Young woman with Naval Station Norfolk ballcap on and a Navy blueshirt on, standing in a parking lot, with a large government building behind her; photo is from the chest up.

Mar 1

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Black Bear

Substantial Soundlessness Creates Echoes of Nothingness

When an addiction keeps a person hidden

Mar 29

Nighttime in a city; there is a wall, and a tall building behind it with a lot of windows with lights inside. Due to something that may have gone wrong with the film, two people stand at the top of the wall behind a fence but aren’t clear.

Mar 29

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About Me Stories

About Me — Joy DeSomber

I’m so quiet that oftentimes people forget they’ve met me previously

Sep 26, 2022

Middle aged female with short gray hair sitting in wingback chair wearing colorful T-shirt with laptop in lap, smiling at camera.

Sep 26, 2022

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Twenty Years Later, I’m Shattering My Silence

An accident that nearly ended my life has opened me up

Jun 3, 2022

Row of journals

Jun 3, 2022

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Scammers Get Their Hands on Our Money Faster Via Instant Payments

The highest number of calls that come into Law Enforcement

2d ago

Man holds a stack of cash in front of his face, blocking his face, and appears distraught.

2d ago

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Pragmatic Wisdom

We Can Take the Heat and Tax Breaks

No ice to scrape and no snow in June

May 28

Retention pond in our neighborhood with tall trees in the background, reflecting in the pond, green grass in the foreground, blue sky in the upper right quarter with additional trees below that in the far background on the right.

May 28

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John Ritter, Robin Williams, and the Golden Girls Night Out

For some people, the curtain never closes

May 19

Tiger with a mouth open that appears to be laughing, with grass behind it.

May 19

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ILLUMINATION

We’re Mourning Real and Natural Disasters

We can’t always help from a safe distance, but gentle words won’t hurt

May 4

Structure damaged by Hurricane Maria, halfway in water, a lot of damaged trees nearby.

May 4

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ENGAGE

Some of us Never Fathom Paying Full Price

On sale now; lowest price ends soon

Apr 28

FOR SALE sign red on the bottom, white on top.

Apr 28

Joy DeSomber

Joy DeSomber

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Single mom of three. Veteran. Cop. I write a variety, including humor, gratitude, trauma, travel, and more, always reinventing myself.

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