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Read more about the article Ask for what you want

Ask for what you want

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 27, 2021
  • Post category:Uncategorized

My wife, Elysha, received a text from someone we know well but would not categorize as a friend. We had never set foot in the person's house, never shared a…

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Support others when you have the power

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 26, 2021
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Pro tip: If you or your artistic organization have power or influence over the world in some way, great or small, and you don't support the artists who produce art,…

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Big Bird bandits make me smile

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 25, 2021
  • Post category:Uncategorized

In case you didn't hear, a terrible crime has been perpetrated in Australia:   The theft of a Big Bird costume from the Sesame Street Circus Spectacular.   In fairness,…

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Read more about the article One word changes everything.

One word changes everything.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 24, 2021
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Elysha and I saw this sign in a shop window while browsing on Martha's Vineyard last weekend. I know this is going to seem like a tiny thing, but it's…

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Read more about the article Blood on their hands

Blood on their hands

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 23, 2021
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Dr. Brytney Cobia treats Covid-19 patients at the Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, a state that ranks last in the US in fully vaccinated adults. In a recent Facebook post, she shares…

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Lessons from a big, red dog

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 22, 2021
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Norman Bridwell, author of Clifford the Big Red Dog, lived in Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard until his death in 2014. Since his death, his wife, Norma, has kept his memory…

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Reasons to be oppressively optimistic

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 21, 2021
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Elysha has claimed that I can be "oppressively optimistic" at times. I've also been known to make certain people's eyes roll when energetically asserting that "Everything's going to be great!"…

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Read more about the article Banned from baseball?

Banned from baseball?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 20, 2021
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On Sunday night, a fan in the stands at Yankee Stadium hit Boston Red Sox left fielder Alex Verdugo in the back with a baseball. As a Yankees fan, I…

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Read more about the article Own your crazy

Own your crazy

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 19, 2021
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People are weird. People are crazy. People obsess over things, worry about things, and develop rituals around things that baffle and confuse the people around them. It’s okay. As long…

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We need adults in charge. Not Ron DeSantis.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 18, 2021
  • Post category:Uncategorized

America is experiencing a dearth of adults in positions of leadership. In the place of serious-minded grown ups who know a lot, constantly seek to know more, and place the…

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