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I am endlessly fascinated and amused by the mysteries of the cosmos and my tiny place in it. Enjoy my explorations of my inner and outer worlds.
Wherever You Go There You Are
I recently traveled to Vancouver with my sister Liz. As I was walking through Minneapolis St. Paul airport, I passed my old high school classmate, Mary. Except it wasn't really Mary. After all, this young woman was about 18 years old, and Mary, well, Mary had...
I Give and I Give and I Give
My husband Ron always complains about the English language. He was born in New Jersey, so maybe that complicated his relationship to language in general, since New Jersey’s favorite choices of adjectives in most conversations are not supposed to be part of polite...
The Precious Present
“We almost never think of the present, and when we do, it is only to see what light it throws on our plans for the future.” Pascal When I lived in NJ, there was a new age gift store with a sign outside proclaiming, “Remember the precious present,” cleverly being...
Falling Up
I know better as I balance precariously on the log buried under the honeysuckle and rambling rose. But the really good blackberries will be just outside my reach if I remain on the lawn. I can balance, I’m a dancer. I’m a martial artist – sure footed and in touch with...
Food For Thought, Thought For Food
“If music be the food of love, play on.” Shakespeare – Twelfth Night “Remember, as the dodo said Feed your head! Feed your head! Grace Slick I wake up in the morning and lie in bed, mentally surveying the contents of my refrigerator. The meal possibilities of the...
At Home in the Cosmos
The wheel is turning and you can't slow down You can't let go and you can't hold on You can't go back and you can't stand still If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will Jerry Garcia The other night, there was a power failure in the middle of the night. ...
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Lavinia Plonka weaves together 33 autobiographical stories with weighty philosophical questions in her uniquely hilarious way: Are aliens stealing our time? Can one find enlightenment at Sam’s Club? Are nail salons a galactic conspiracy?
These essays originally appeared as Lavinia’s monthly column, “CosmiComedy,” in Western North Carolina Woman Magazine.
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