Sometimes you have to lie
Apr 15, 2024

She was impossibly, childishly, honest. She hated to lie, and she wasn't good at it. Oh, she could lie when her friend asked her if the bags under her eyes were noticeable, but when the artist wanted her email for…

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Should we continue to lie about it?
Apr 15, 2024

When I was a kid, the word lie was never to be used in our house. Although it was fine to use the word fib. There was a lot of accusing going back and forth between the eight of us…

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Sometimes you have to lie about it
Apr 15, 2024

Or just not say anything about it at all. That's why most people at my job don't know how old I am. There's a cluster of us "OGs" around the same age--late 50s, early to mid 60s--but most of us…

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Sometimes you have to lie about it
Apr 15, 2024

Lie about how good someone's pie tastes. Only to find out she bought it. Lie about health things – just to keep your job or respect in your community. Lie about your height but can't get away with that once…

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Long way home
Apr 15, 2024

Mary is a swift and agile lady whose eyes are bright and radiant with an amber hue. Staring into her eyes is like bathing in soft sunlight through the canopy of the rain forest: every so often, a moist drop…

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White Lies
Apr 15, 2024

Sometimes you have to lie about it. It could be a big or a little lie, one that is meant to cause harm or one that is meant to avoid causing harm. You might lie to save face, or to…

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Nature vs Nurture.
Apr 15, 2024

Sometimes you have to lie about it. This weekend was the first time my parents met my partner's father and family. I never felt nervous about the encounter, but I was surprised at how nice it was to see my…

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Robin Redux
Apr 15, 2024

Robin By Evalyn Baron POSTED ON APRIL 10, 2024 She ran her long, manicured red fingernails over the icy outside of the water glass, making delicate patterns on the coffee shop “crystal”. My friend likes to make beauty wherever she…

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Lying About It
Apr 15, 2024

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Sometimes You Have To Lie About It
Apr 15, 2024

Sometimes you have to lie about it “Sometimes you have to lie about it.” This is an odd phrase to consider in our present culture, our milieu, where we are beset on a daily basis with DT lying about one…

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Sometimes you have to lie about it
Apr 15, 2024

Well, if feels kind of weird to admit it out loud but sometimes you have to lie about it. Everybody knows that lying is bad, after all, and admitting that you are doing it is even worse. Shawna always had…

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To see you again
Apr 14, 2024

Yan Kai was a young lady of few words. But every word of hers is funny or cynical or a sign of deep concentration and creativity. Yan was my undergrad classmate. We were usually the only girls in a difficult…

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