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Who Knows What (COVID)

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Esther Cohen / 0 Comment

Jocelyn wrote yesterday saying there are 7.5 billion people in the universe doing Who Knows What. What they’re doing has always been my interest. They ra...

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I Fell Asleep Last Night (COVID)

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Esther Cohen / 3 Comments

Most nights I listen to yoga nidre a breathing practice to help you fall asleep but last night Peter sent me an email with Ira Glass’s favorite episodes f...

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What we learn from each other is everything. (COVID)

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Esther Cohen / 1 Comment

What we learn from each other is everything. Not in explanations, or reasons why, not in books with how or help in the title, or TED talks or New York Review o...

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20 Toothbrushes (COVID)

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Esther Cohen / 2 Comments

I read Next Door everyday, online bulletin board where people ask questions: Who Is a Good Dentist. Where Can I Find a Heater. I have always loved classified ad...

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Unbridled Grandiosity Part II (COVID)

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Esther Cohen / 5 Comments

I’m back taking a sleeping pill that has Unbridled Grandiosity as a side effect according to the manufacturer and last night I had One Example in nightmar...

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We’re Still Waiting and Nervous So I’m Writing About Something Else (COVID)

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Esther Cohen / 2 Comments

(This week in a doctor’s waiting for an annual checkup, I started a new book called Some People. The first person, in the waiting room too is a former p...