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Published in Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge

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I Didn’t See the Magic Coming

I thought it was just an ordinary day (Day 1) — It was a Tuesday morning, smack dab in the middle of September. One of those crisp New England mornings that declares summer is gone for good. I had an appointment with the Town Clerk to spend time with the little sewing box kept in the vault of the old town…

100 Story Challenge

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I Didn’t See the Magic Coming
I Didn’t See the Magic Coming

Published in Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge

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How to Live with People who Would Not Give One Thin Dime to Build a New Shutesbury Library (Day 4)

Don’t get me started because you’ll never get me to stop-oops, too late! — The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man. T.S.Eliot I am crazy for libraries. I love a library with marble steps, giant portraits of founders, stone pillars, a fountain, carved mahogany circulation desk, and a bathroom with toilet…

Libraries

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How to Live with People who Would Not Give One Thin Dime to Build a New Shutesbury Library (Day 4)
How to Live with People who Would Not Give One Thin Dime to Build a New Shutesbury Library (Day 4)

Published in Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge

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We’re Just a Pair of Cool Middle-Aged Chicks Hitting the Road and Writing Stories about our Adventures (Day 6)

Photoshoots and editorial meetings are fun when we are in charge — Jane and I met on the Bridge of Flowers last weekend for a photoshoot in preparation for the launch of our new publication Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge. It was early evening and most of the tourists were gone. The river danced and sparkled, flowing slowly…

100 Story Challenge

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We’re Just a Pair of Cool Middle-Aged Chicks Hitting the Road and Writing Stories about our…
We’re Just a Pair of Cool Middle-Aged Chicks Hitting the Road and Writing Stories about our…

Published in About Me Stories

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About Me — Karen Traub

New year, new beginnings — Happy New Year to us! Here we are entering another year in crisis- global pandemic, war, famine, environmental catastrophe. How are we gonna find a way to keep going forward? How are we going to set things right? I wish I had the answers. All I have to offer is…

Self Improvement

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About Me —  Karen Traub
About Me —  Karen Traub

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About Me — Karen Traub

I Dance in Libraries with a Snake — I am happy, a dancer, and a mom. I perform in schools, libraries and at cultural events as Hadama Seshat. American Cabaret style belly dancers choose a stage name that reflects their aesthetic or higher calling. When I joined The Crescent Dancers in 2002, I needed a name. My screen…

About Me

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About Me — Karen Traub
About Me — Karen Traub

Published in Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge

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A Very Short Commentary on the Recent Spike in Gun Violence, Revocation of Roe v Wade and the Possibility of Feeling Happy Anyway (Day 51)

Even in the darkest days (and I sadly remind you we are not there yet), there is reason to find joy — More mass shootings from Boston to Sacramento over the weekend. Four in Illinois alone. The New York Times reports six people shot dead and dozens wounded during a Fourth of July celebration in Highland Park, Ill. Meanwhile, women’s reproductive freedom and access to health care are threatened by the Supreme…

Happiness

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A Very Short Commentary on the Recent Spike in Gun Violence, Revocation of Roe v Wade and the…
A Very Short Commentary on the Recent Spike in Gun Violence, Revocation of Roe v Wade and the…

Published in Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge

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Read this if you are a Big Doofus in the Garden Too(Day 50)

We don’t all have to be good at everything, right? — My asparagus harvest doubled this year from last. I added the four spears to the bundle I bought at the farmer’s market. Growing things is hard. I’d rather spend my time sitting under a shady tree watching the butterflies and hummingbirds that come to drink nectar from wildflowers. I never…

100 Story Challenge

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Read this if you are a Big Doofus in the Garden Too(Day 50)
Read this if you are a Big Doofus in the Garden Too(Day 50)

Published in Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge

·2 days ago

The Magic Secret to Becoming a Better Writer is to Write Every Day no Matter What (Day 49)

Finding freedom within the structure works for me and maybe will for you too — Day 49, and so far I have written and published my 100 words every single day. …

100 Story Challenge

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The Magic Secret to Becoming a Better Writer is to Write Every Day no Matter What (Day 49)
The Magic Secret to Becoming a Better Writer is to Write Every Day no Matter What (Day 49)

Published in Microcosm

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It Took Half a Lifetime to Answer the Call to Serve her Mistress

Looking back, it all made sense — Sylvia was jostled by the kid next to her when he leaned hard and fast away from the aisle. A beefy eighth-grader had piped up, “okay, who farted?” and everyone had quickly said “not me.” She tried to ignore them all as she sat quietly watching the raindrops snake in…

Religion

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It Took Half a Lifetime to Answer the Call to Serve her Mistress
It Took Half a Lifetime to Answer the Call to Serve her Mistress

Published in Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge

·3 days ago

A Friendly Little Poem to Help Overcome Fear of your New Instant Pot (Day 48)

Let’s face it, the world is scary and so is that unopened box — You got it for Christmas or bought on a whim The ultimate pot to cook your food in You thought you’d make yogurt, bean soup, and stew Simple joy in the kitchen would be something new Can beans really be cooked without being soaked? Should you start with a chicken or…

100 Story Challenge

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A Friendly Little Poem to Help Overcome Fear of your New Instant Pot (Day 48)
A Friendly Little Poem to Help Overcome Fear of your New Instant Pot (Day 48)
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