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…volunteers… The unsung heroes of so many organizations. The organizers and planners and back-breaking workers. The people who put in many many hours behind the scenes for every hour publicly noticed. Who don’t get paid and whose efforts are seldom quite good enough for those unwilling to pitch in (talk about a sense of entitlement!). [...] …nurses… Visiting a friend in the hospital this weekend I watched the nurses at their work. I experienced a twinge of regret that I do not perform the kind of labor they do – so real and honestly useful. I kept watching and remembered why I don’t. I just do not have what it takes [...] …Turbo Tax, online banking and e-filing… When I was in high school I worked evenings and Saturdays during tax seasons for a family friend who was a bookkeeper. I answered phones, made copies, greeted clients, and made and filed hundreds of folders of tax returns for my boss’s files. For many years afterward I would [...] |
 
Becky's bookshelf: read
I was in a bookstore the other day hunting for something to read on writing when I got distracted by the books on reading. I picked this one up, knowing nothing about Nick Hornby beyond his connection to About a Boy. My impressions in no...
I grew up loving to read and hope to pass that on so every year I get books for my nieces and nephews for Christmas. There are twenty of them and as they're getting older I can no longer give only books I've read so each year there are o...
 
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