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Ethos. Logos. Pathos.
The musings of Rebecca Rhoads

Hello. Please be my guest for a short while. Let's put the noise of the world behind, kick back and chat over a good cup of coffee. I'll do my best to entertain and to provoke thought. I'll tell you stories that have been six decades in the making. And I hope I make your day a little brighter for having spent time with me.

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Mar 23
4 min

PANDEMIC PANDEMONIUM!

I knew we were in Michigan once we began seeing dead deer lining the road and lingering snow over dreary, brown grass. What a change from the greenery of the...

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Jan 26
3 min

Places to Remember

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could spend a few years, even a decade, living in the place of your dreams? Perhaps the places you’ve picked as the most bea...

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Jan 8
4 min

Unintended Consequences

Proverbs 26:12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. WHAM! It happened at one of the new pedestrian cro...

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Dec 21, 2019
3 min

By any other name . . .

Hubby and I were seated in a cafeteria, minding our own business and about to dig into our lunch. We were the only ones at the table and there were several ...

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Dec 13, 2019
4 min

Paying attention

I can tell myself to focus a million times a day, and still abandon an important task for the next shiny thing. This has a name—ADHD— and I got a healthy do...

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Nov 30, 2019
3 min

Not in a Box!

We were honored to be invited to eat Thanksgiving dinner with the family of a couple who live in the same condominium complex where we winter. I was assured...

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Nov 30, 2019
2 min

In Remembrance

There was a recent discussion on Facebook about the challenges the elderly face, in particular loneliness. In this holiday season, it's especially important...

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Nov 12, 2019
3 min

Couch Potatoes Not Allowed

"Did you get your hour of outdoor exercise today?” My father sternly repeated this inquisition as he looked from one child to the next. If we hadn’t gotten ...

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Oct 28, 2019
3 min

CAUGHT!

Dinner parties were integral to the culture of the post war baby boom era of the 1950s and 1960s. If a couple had social standing, it was almost obligatory ...

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Oct 19, 2019
2 min

Let it shine!

“Nothing good happens at night,” I said. Ron and I were watching the first minutes of an Amazon Prime series. As the scene progressed, a woman, awoken in t...

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Oct 5, 2019
3 min

Where did the day go??

I’d guess most of us ask ourselves this question at least once a week, if not more frequently. My day goes something like this: roll out of bed, let the do...

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Sep 23, 2019
2 min

Blissfully Unplugged

To all things there is a season and a time . . . Ecclesiastes 3:1 It is September eighteenth. I am in a cabin in the Upper Peninsula, not far from Houghton,...

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Sep 5, 2019
3 min

Beauty for Ashes . . .

A peaceful sky over the cottages

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Aug 29, 2019
4 min

Fish Tales

The water slurped against the side of the canoe making it rock ever so slightly. The sky overhead was impossibly blue, the air pure. I was eleven years old...

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Aug 26, 2019
3 min

Powerful and Silent

I am a nurse although no longer working as one. I have many fond memories of my time at the bedside. I also have disturbing memories of terribly injured an...

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Aug 21, 2019
2 min

More than you can chew . . .

Ever bite into a submarine sandwich and in the next instant realize you’ve bitten off far too much? The bread seems to mushroom into an enormous wad of cott...

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Aug 20, 2019
3 min

Luckiest Girl in the World

The mare strained, her breaths coming in soft grunts, her swollen belly arched like a cathedral dome. She lifted her head and looked toward her haunches as ...

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Aug 19, 2019
2 min

Nothing for Supper

I was in our local Lucky’s Market a few months ago looking for a protein powder. Everyone at Lucky’s is super helpful, so I wasn’t surprised when I was appr...

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Aug 16, 2019
4 min

Hurtful Ignorance

“You should get yourself a girl.” I was overwhelmed with farm work, house work, tending a large garden and raising three rambunctious pre-school girls. Stil...

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Aug 15, 2019
2 min

Resistance is futile

It happened. The invasion of the body snatchers. Deep in the darkest night, they came. I awoke and screamed. My body had been mysteriously replaced by so...

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