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A homeless son and troubled father must reconnect before it's too late.

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Jul 12, 2021

60 quotes about 60 things I’ve learned in 60 years

My big divisible-by-five birthday has arrived! At past milestone birthdays and events, I’ve written lists of things I’ve learned during…

60 quotes about 60 things I’ve learned in 60 years

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The 50-year novel finds a publisher

I started this year with a post about how my novel Christina’s Portrait has been in the works for nearly 50 years. I ended it by saying…

Start of a class assignment that was my first attempt to write about Mary Ann Henderson’s death

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Jul 4

Why we need Disability Pride Month

In addition to Independence Day and all the birthdays we’re celebrating, July is Disability Pride Month. It even has its own flag.

Sign on my granddaughter’s door, “Cerebral palsy slows me down, but it ain’t stopping me!”

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Jun 20

The beautiful game

I wanted to ignore the World Cup this year. With the way our country is right now, how could it be anything but a disaster? We treated the…

My granddaughter at a soccer tournament for special needs students in 2026.

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Jun 13

If you had a trillion dollars

If the idea that someone can have a net worth of a trillion dollars seems unreal, that’s because it is. Most of Elon Musk’s fortune is tied…

If you had a trillion dollars

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Jun 1

When we celebrated America

With the fiasco that is the 250th anniversary celebration of the United States, I’ve been seeing a lot of people on social media ask, “What…

My visit to the American Freedom Train during the Bicentennial

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May 28

Grandmacore and the yearning for simpler times

A Michael’s ad introduced me to a new trending buzzword: grandmacore. The company used it to promote its “cozy” craft products, including…

My mom doing needlepoint in the 1960s

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May 21

Sewer pipes, Yertle the Turtle, and society

This week, we had to contend with a crack in our sewer line. A neighboring tree decided it was more important for it to get water from our…

A section of our old clay sewer pipe used to tape off repairs to our house.

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May 16

Act your age

Here’s how I know I’m getting old:

Selfie, April 2026

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May 5

Commodore and community

An interesting thing happened at the Commodore LA Super Show last month in Burbank. I went to the show with three main objectives. Of…

From my presentation at the Commodore LA Super Show, April 2026

Matthew Arnold Stern

Matthew Arnold Stern

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A novelist and award-winning public speaker and technical writer. My novels Amiga and The Remainders are available now.

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