Seeing the premiere of a play based on the life of a Holocaust survivor who ended up as a businessman in Pittsburgh. @prime_stage

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An amazing story of hope and dignity. That book club helped the inmates develop their analytical and communication skills. And out of that came a surprising insight: prison inmates read 9 times more books than civilians. So together with the National Justice Council, the Carambaia publishing house created a program called The Prison Reviews. The…

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NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as ‘state-affiliated media’

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The Daughter’s 21st Birthday

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I dunno what to call this but it really hit the spot.

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Out for an April stroll.

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Game night at our local library.

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Thank you, frog and friends, for reminding us all what the Internet is supposed to be for.

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We were pretty even for about 25m, but I let him get my queen, and I had no hope after that.

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