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Read more about the article Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and beginnings

Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and beginnings

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 8, 2023
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Bruce Springsteen once said that his goal is to overwhelm his audience in the first five minutes of his concerts. After that, he says, he's got them for the rest…

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Read more about the article Like father, like son.

Like father, like son.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 7, 2023
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Charlie plays second base for his Little League team. I noticed that when there's a baserunner on second, he often chats the player up quite a bit. "I saw you…

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Curiosity pays off again and again

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 6, 2023
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More than a decade ago, I began studying the financial markets simply because I was curious. I'd read books like Good to Great and become interested in why some businesses…

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Pride Month here. Bigotry there.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 5, 2023
  • Post category:Uncategorized

It astounds me that during Pride Month, I live in a region of the country - New England - where flying the pride flag at the elementary school where I…

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They love reading, and it’s my fault.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 4, 2023
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Charlie came downstairs early on Saturday morning, picked up a book, sat down on the couch with the cat, and spent nearly an hour reading. His weekend was dawning, and…

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Russian

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 3, 2023
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Behold. The Russian cover for my novel "The Other Mother." I like it a lot. My Russian friend says it's very Soviet in style. My students thought it looked like…

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Read more about the article Fragile white people only hurt their children

Fragile white people only hurt their children

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 2, 2023
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Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb" has been moved from the elementary section to the middle school section of a Miami-Dade County public school after a parent complaint and…

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Resolution update: May 2023

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 1, 2023
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Every month I report the progress of my yearly goals in order to monitor progress (or the lack thereof) and hold myself accountable.   The following are the results from…

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Read more about the article I was naked onstage after all.

I was naked onstage after all.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 31, 2023
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Last week I wrote about the unlikelihood of me performing storytelling or standup while naked. Then it occurred to me: I've already been naked onstage once before. I had forgotten.…

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Read more about the article Happy birthday, Charlie

Happy birthday, Charlie

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 30, 2023
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Charlie turns 11 years old today. This joyous boy has been in my life for 4,017 days. On his first day, I wrote this on Greetings Little One, a blog…

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