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Carla Stockton
Carla Stockton

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Jan 11

Wilkommen . . .

I love finding absurd email subject lines in my inbox. “You matter to me” from______(big star), and “A Heartfelt Thanks to You from Bernie Sanders.” Personal? Ha! Even if I were a fan of the star, even if I liked Bernie Sanders, I would find the notions suggested in the…

Social Media

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We’ve come to the Cabaret . . .
We’ve come to the Cabaret . . .
Social Media

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Apr 18, 2022

It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Old — Elder Rant Part III — Old Folks, the Working Poor

Elder Rant Part III This will be short. Robert Reich, whom I greatly admire, has posted a piece that has permeated my consciousness by way of every media outlet I so much as glance at. He posits that the impoverished children of America have been abandoned, that the country has…

Old Folks

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Old Gold — Elder Rant Part III
Old Gold — Elder Rant Part III
Old Folks

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Mar 29, 2022

It’s Not Easy Bein’ Old. . . An Increasingly-Serious Serial Rumination

Episode II Unlike so many of the things we must adjust to in life, ageism never gets easier to tolerate. In fact, whenever it seems like it might be flattening out, it amplifies again. Current student attitudes are a good example. I have been teaching for a very long time…

Aging

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It’s Not Easy Bein’ Old. . . An Increasingly-Serious Serial Rumination
It’s Not Easy Bein’ Old. . . An Increasingly-Serious Serial Rumination
Aging

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Feb 22, 2022

It’s Not Easy Bein’ Old. . . A Semi-Serious Serial Rumination

Foreword Now that I’m old, every time I leave my house I become an endangered species. On the sidewalks of my beloved city, young adults on skateboards, little children on scooters, delivery people on bicycles routinely come too close for comfort. …

Aging

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Aging

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Jun 11, 2021

Where Are We Ever to Go?

I don’t, as a rule, like to enter any political discussions in my writespace. Disturbed by the trends toward suppression of ideas and the suspension of critical thinking evident on both the right and left these days, I disagree with just about everyone. It makes sense to remain aloof. Today…

2021 Nyc Mayoral Race

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Where Are We Ever to Go?
Where Are We Ever to Go?
2021 Nyc Mayoral Race

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May 4, 2021

Whack-a-Mole Dentistry

The Dangerous Mouth Game My father was eleven years old when he was summoned to his father’s bedside. “Remember this, my son,” the old man said. “Respect your mouth. Teeth can kill you.” Grandfather knew whereof he spoke. He promptly died. . . felled by a cluster of abscessed teeth…

American Dentistry

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American Dentistry

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Apr 19, 2021

Pandemic Ponderings — Collateral Damage

Pandemic Ponderings — Collateral Damage Covid-19 has been kind to me so far. I suffered a bit from the usual wishing to be out in the world with friends, the ordinary desire to be back in the routines, to return to exploring the city I love. Still, no one close to me died, was displaced…

Pandemic Ponderings

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Pandemic Ponderings

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Sep 18, 2020

My World Turned Upside-Down . . . Reflections in the time of Covid

Every night from March through July, as the pandemic raged beneath my seventh floor Harlem apartment, I fantasized returning to Saranac Lake. To block out the incessant wail of the sirens on Amsterdam Avenue, I covered my ears with headphones and watched YouTube videos featuring scenes of Adirondack serenity and…

Adks

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My World Turned Upside-Down . . . Reflections in the time of Covid
My World Turned Upside-Down . . . Reflections in the time of Covid
Adks

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Jul 29, 2020

Happy Birthday, Daddy

July 29, 2020 Were he alive today, my father would be turning a hundred nine. He has been dead thirty-seven years. I have been fatherless for more than half my life. It’s hard not to think of him today. On the day he died, he was exactly the same age…

Fathers And Daughters

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Happy Birthday, Daddy
Happy Birthday, Daddy
Fathers And Daughters

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Jun 23, 2020

Hot Time Summer in the City

Hot Time Summer in the City New York City is under siege. Every day from late afternoon overnight until early light of morning, fireworks perseverate. There is a ruckus on the street that blankets my apartment in a surround-sound track reminiscent of a badly-balanced war film’s. …

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Hot Time Summer in the City
Hot Time Summer in the City

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Carla Stockton

Carla Stockton

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Carla Stockton is aging as gracefully as possible in Harlem, NY

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