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I am seldom moved to blog about the deaths of celebrities, musicians, or authors. I usually find such blog posts by others, about people they have never met, to be silly or pretentious. I hope I can avoid that in this instance, because when I learned this afternoon about the death of author Tony Hillerman, [...]

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I’ve volunteered to write a regular post on the blog for my writers group. The first one is up now.
Also, I want to give a shout-out to two of my favorite readers: Moose, Sweet Pea, what up?

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After a day of jury selection and three days of hearing the case, we were given our instructions at 9:30 on Friday morning. Our deliberation was deliberate but swift.
I was selected as foreperson pretty much by virtue of having sat at the head of the table, and having the biggest mouth. I asked if my [...]

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The plaintiff, after undergoing surgery to correct hammertoes and remove two bunions on her right foot, suffered complications that led to the amputation of a small portion of her third toe and also now experiences a constant cold sensation in most of her foot. She alleged that malpractice on the part of her doctor was [...]

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The last time I’d been summoned to jury duty, in Tampa, I’d waited until almost 3:00 with nothing but a copy of On the Road to entertain myself with. This time, I brought my laptop and briefcase. Naturally, I was called for the first voir dire of the day.
They herded about 30 of us into [...]

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