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Who Do You Trust and Why Do You Trust Them?
By
Joan Ball
I can’t stop thinking about trust. Who we trust, why we trust them and how behavior and decision-making is impacted by our answers to those questions. It started with the Swine Flu. The CDC and World Health Organization were conducting press conferences and sharing information through the media and people responded. Some pooh-poohed it from…
God Loves Me, But Not Her…
By
Joan Ball
I came across the following exchange on Facebook… Status update: “I know God loves me, but how could God love **her**?” What do I do with that? Response… Admit that it is a good point. That unconditional love is ridiculous. Made me think about how easy it is for us humans to bring our own…
Memorial Day in New York: A Small Town Story…
By
Joan Ball
My parents moved my three brothers, my sister and myself out of Brooklyn to a small town about 50 miles northwest of the City when I was in elementary school. It was a nervy move. They were in their 20s, didn’t have a lot of money and knew no one except my father’s brother and…
Hello, My Name is Joan and I Remember…
By
Joan Ball
An old friend posted this short poem by Charles Bukowski on his Facebook page yesterday and it has been haunting me ever since. I am not sure what was going through his mind when he shared the link, but it recalled for me a time when I was hidden behind a thick wall of…something…that prevented me from…
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