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If it Sounds Too Good

If something sounds too good to be true, we’ve all heard the corollary . . . “it probably is.” And so I’m writing about something that really sounds like the kind of story one usually reads about in the news, long after something good can come of it. Yesterday, I heard about a property manager who put out an ad for an apartment for rent at a much reduced rate than the others in the area, but that, alone wasn’t …

My Diary

For my twelfth birthday, I was given the gift of a diary. It had a lock and a key and endless blank pages. I remember sitting on my bed, looking at these empty pages, and wondering how I was going to fill them. I also knew that I was living a beige life and had nothing interesting to write about. Some people can write about nothing and make it seem extraordinary; I’ve never been one of them. The lock and …