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Have We Lost All Humanity?
How do you see this wonderful woman fall and not do anything to help?
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It’s Okay to Ask for Help
If no one ever needed help, societies wouldn’t have been invented.
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Be My Eyes
I never thought I’d say this, but for the first time in my life, I really, really wish I had an iPhone. I’ve managed to avoid jumping on that bandwagon all this time, in spite of the fact that people often look at me funny when I tell them I can’t access the internet on…
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Messing with a Scammer
Early one morning, I was staring blankly at my computer screen, in an utter fog, wishing I weren’t allergic to caffeine, when the following message from my friend G popped up in Facebook Messenger: “Hello Barbara?” I knew right off the bat that this couldn’t be G. First of all, he would never call me…
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Asking for Help
In mid-July I’m having outpatient surgery on my wrist. It’s fairly routine, but I’ll be home recovering for a week. This has me rattled. It’s my dominant hand, and I have no idea how truly incapacitated I will be. Will I be able to open jars? Medicine bottles? I’ll open them in advance. Will I…
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I Really Need Your Help
Believe me, I hate to ask. I’d much rather help others than be helped myself. The fact is, I’m desperate. I’ve been through a lot in the past 5 years. I’ve been swindled out of 3,500.00 (read more about that here), my car has been totaled, I lost my life savings (read more about that…
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Service of Bibliomaniacal Proportions
According to Wikipedia, and contrary to popular belief, library usage is on the increase in spite of, or perhaps because of, our kindles and our nooks and our laptops. Unfortunately many local governments still target libraries first when they need to make budget cuts. The services a library provides can seem intangible to the public.…