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"Pieces of My Mind"
...a weekly column about ordinary things from an other than
ordinary viewpoint."
Nancy Babcock, author of Pieces of My
Mind, has had a variety of life experiences to give her a broad overview of both
the usual and unusual. She finds that even the usual often has unusual
perspectives when looked at from a different point of view. Looked at that way,
the usual can become quite odd.
Her columns speak of a wide variety of everyday
subjects from valet parking to buying toothpaste, sitting at a red light, making
pickles, acquiring a credit card, or clearing clutter. Occasionally there is a
philosopher's bent as in "The Slippage of Now" or "The Dorothy Syndrome"--a
commentary on The Wizard of Oz.
Her topics are chosen from the myriad of things
that happen to us all, so everyone--or nearly everyone--can relate and then ask
him/herself, "why haven't I thought of that?"
Intended to amuse but often also to rouse and
rattle, the columns in Pieces of My Mind make readers think of what has been in
front of them all along--perhaps taken for granted, but likely never noticed. A
wry look at everyday life that will make the previously unremarkable become
thought provoking, Pieces of My Mind spells out how often the most obvious is so
easily overlooked.
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