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Jane Muschenetz DomestiCity When I close my eyes, the dishwasher sounds like a train on tracks. I am transported from Kitchen to          Poetry As a child, I dozed on Soviet trains my American kids were soothed by cars Some mothers…

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Dzvinia Orlowsky Newton’s Cradle “You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4th… with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness.” – Erma Bombeck 1.…

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Linen Hankies by Sarah W. Bartlett Mutti, we called her. That’s the equivalent of “Mom” in German.  A title we picked up from our six-month sabbatical in Munich, 1957.  The name, having acquired her personality, became my own children’s way…

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