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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
100 Story Challenge

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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)
Libraries

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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…
100 Story Challenge

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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
Self Improvement

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About Me Stories

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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
About Me

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AINYF…Alcohol is NOT Your Friend

·Sep 26

The Seven Best Things that Happened When I Quit Drinking Alcohol

Even though I never considered myself a hardcore alcoholic, quitting improved my life in so many ways — Several years ago, when I mentioned to the manager of the local bar that I had taken a bartending course while I was in college, he asked if I would mind taking over his Monday night shift during wrestling season since he was coach of a high school team. …

Life Lessons

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The Seven Best Things that Happened When I Quit Drinking Alcohol
The Seven Best Things that Happened When I Quit Drinking Alcohol
Life Lessons

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About Me Stories

·Sep 24

Maybe it’s Not Time to Give up on Democracy Yet

You can be the change you want to see in the world, in small and big ways — The definition of a Patriot is someone who loves, and is devoted to their country. Growing up in the sixties and seventies, I developed a negative connotation with the word because it conjured in my mind flag-waving, war-positive, unquestioning “our country is better than yours” types. My mom, who moved…

Patriotism

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Maybe it’s Not Time to Give up on Democracy Yet
Maybe it’s Not Time to Give up on Democracy Yet
Patriotism

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The Jeweled Box

·Aug 28

Recalled to Life by the Words “Come Home to Rowe” Part Two

Glimmers, like silver minnow scales flash with hope — The words, “Come home to Rowe,” ricocheted around Alec’s brain, lighting up the sluggish gray matter like a switch had been flipped. Small sparks of fiery energy were coursing through his entire being in a strange but not unpleasant way. His life had been on hold the last few years…

Alcohol

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Recalled to Life by the Words “Come Home to Rowe” Part Two
Recalled to Life by the Words “Come Home to Rowe” Part Two
Alcohol

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The Jeweled Box

·Aug 25

Recalled to Life by the Words “Come Home to Rowe” Part One

Glimmers, like silver minnow scales flash with hope — His mouth was dry, his head pounded, and he wished he was dead. Alec sat on the edge of his bed, ran his shaky hands through his greasy hair and tried not to puke. His skin was clammy and his stomach lurched at the very thought of coffee. He picked…

Hope

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Recalled to Life by the Words “Come Home to Rowe” Part One
Recalled to Life by the Words “Come Home to Rowe” Part One
Hope

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About Me Stories

·Dec 22, 2022

The Summer Camp Experience that Helped Form my Identity and Gave me the Confidence to Face High School and Beyond

The Rowe Center helped me grow up to be a Happy Dancer Mom —

Life Lessons

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The Summer Camp Experience that Helped Form my Identity and Gave me the Confidence to Face High…
The Summer Camp Experience that Helped Form my Identity and Gave me the Confidence to Face High…
Life Lessons

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