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University of Cincinnati College of Nursing: 125 Years of Transforming Health Care

University of Cincinnati College of Nursing: 125 Years of Transforming Health Care

The UC College of Nursing celebrates 125 years with a gorgeous book showcasing its legacy in anecdotes, history, photos, and more.

2014

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My high school of roughly 860 students was really a high school of about 10 Black students and one…

Yet in the '70s, this same man was hired to be an English teacher in my high school. My brother had him before I did; he told me that I…

1 min readFeb 9, 2024

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I remember the My Lai Massacre.

A few years later, I was glued to the TV, listening to the Watergate hearings while I did my homework.

1 min readJan 31, 2024

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re: "Absurdly Expensive Youth Baseball Is Eliminating ‘National’ From the National Pastime" by Chad…

Great article! I was afraid author Harvey would blame the whole mess on how much baseball costs, thus making an apparent assumption that…

2 min readJan 31, 2024

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Re: Sharon Johnson's "Old People's Odor -- It's a Thing"

I love this piece! It instantly brought up scent memories of my grandmother's attic and even the liquid dish soap she used.

1 min readJan 26, 2024

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Re: Ruby Lee's "Sadly, Once the Older Generations Pass On, the Family Will Fracture: It's Only a…

I hope to avoid this common tendency for families to drift apart with the loss of the generation at the top, despite the fact that my…

1 min readApr 14, 2023

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Overall, I like Amazon's list function.

1 min readFeb 6, 2023

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It’s Not Just My Body: A Liberal Wrestles with Roe v. Wade

We are in dangerous times.

8 min readMay 4, 2022

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“Keep your hands off my body” sign with “my” circled in pink paint.

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I was right there with you, clicking away on the clapping hands, until you decided to throw this on…

When did ageism become OK? Insert any other term for "boomer" and see how it sounds: you women, you Black people, you Jewish people, you…

2 min readOct 20, 2021

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Denver, Colorado, 2019

Another shooting — Something’s wrong. Another town is “[Somewhere] Strong.”

1 min readMay 8, 2019

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Happy Holidays (Give Us Money)

As soon as the trick-or-treaters have left our doorsteps in October, they are followed by other trick-or-treaters, but these are grown-ups…

3 min readDec 11, 2018

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Happy Holidays (Give Us Money)

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Wendy Hart Beckman

Wendy Hart Beckman

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Wendy is a writer, public speaker, tutor, singer, wife, mother, grandmother, and ninja. She posts sporadically at wendyonwriting.com.

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