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Columnists / In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

Questions I ask myself in my 80s

When they said goodbye to this earth, most of my female relatives were younger than I am today! Now, I’m well into my personal 80s, which gives me both pause…

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February 15, 2022
Columnists / In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

Back in the day: my ‘groundhog’ daughter

The days and weeks go whizzing by, and here it is, February already. Its beginning is always extra-special for me because Feb. 2 is my daughter’s birthday — which was…

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February 8, 2022
Columnists / In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

Antisemitism, up close and personal

Like so many others of our Jewish community, I fully realize that there’s only one thing for all of us to concentrate on now: antisemitism. One local rabbi plus the…

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February 2, 2022
Columnists / In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

Facing many kinds of adversity

I may have lost my mind — at least temporarily — but haven’t yet lost the ability to meet a Mind’s I deadline! And you all should know that for…

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January 25, 2022
Columnists / In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

Cats, poems and a proverb

Today I’m thinking about cats — because several people who know I love cats have sent me items about them… You see: I’ve always had cats — quite a few…

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January 18, 2022
Columnists / In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

Truths and realities

Hopes and dreams aren’t always realities; neither are realities always present in hopes and dreams. I’ve found out both are truly truths since moving here to our community’s Legacy Midtown…

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January 13, 2022
Columnists / In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

Looking backward, looking forward

January — this first month of this newest of our new years — was named long ago for the Roman god Janus, who had the unique ability to look backward…

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January 13, 2022
Columnists / In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

A friend and an angel

So here we are, closing the final pages of yet another bygone year. I do so literally, with a book: “The World of Paul Crume,” a late, much beloved columnist…

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December 29, 2021
Columnists / In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

10 rules for reading a political column

I’ve held on to this very-yellowed strip of newsprint for more than a dozen years, hoping for a proper opportunity to pass it along. And today’s political climate seems just…

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December 21, 2021
Columnists / In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

Ideas for how to spend Dec. 24-26

If you don’t already know about this, you should mark your calendars NOW for the 29th Annual Kung Pao Kosher Jewish Comedy. In the West Coast’s Bay Area, this is…

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December 15, 2021
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