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September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 Cindy Zelman

What is a Curmudgeon?

June 14, 2025June 21, 2025 Cindy Zelman

Adventures in Laundry

March 22, 2025April 5, 2025 Cindy Zelman

Is that really you?

January 19, 2025January 19, 2025 Cindy Zelman

Why did Medium.com Take My Claps Away

December 29, 2024December 30, 2024 Cindy Zelman

D is for Dominance

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Knollsbrook Memories: You can’t go home again

January 15, 2012January 16, 2012 Cindy Zelman

Moments Fine and Not So Much

January 1, 2012January 2, 2012 Cindy Zelman

The year in pictures and thoughts

December 17, 2011November 26, 2022 Cindy Zelman

What’s a Howler? A cutthroat peer reviewer teaches Cindy a lesson!

December 11, 2011December 27, 2012 Cindy Zelman

How do you write happy?

October 23, 2011October 31, 2011 Cindy Zelman

David, pray

October 15, 2011March 12, 2013 Cindy Zelman

Thoughts on “A Smirnoff and Coke”

August 30, 2011March 12, 2013 Cindy Zelman

Once an Agoraphobic…

July 2, 2011July 5, 2011 Cindy Zelman

Luggage and Baggage

June 19, 2011June 21, 2011 Cindy Zelman

Marriage Is For Illiterates

May 16, 2011May 16, 2011 Cindy Zelman

Gee Whiz! How could I have forgotten!

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