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Author: Matthew Arnold Stern

Antique hourglass and clocks
December 13, 2024December 20, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Halfway between shock and horror

Reseda High School Holiday Concert December 1976
December 6, 2024December 13, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

The real “War on Christmas”

Lid from a souvenir Wicked popcorn bucket
December 3, 2024December 6, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

“Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?”

A Thanksgiving flag
November 21, 2024December 3, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Gratitude as self-defense

Jewish ghetto in Warsaw during the Holocaust
November 13, 2024November 21, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

The digital ghetto

A goodbye portrait
November 6, 2024November 13, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Goodbye

My son and I at a Dodger game in August
October 31, 2024November 6, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

When winning means more

Our cat Gretel
October 10, 2024October 31, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

“The least of these”

This mug is better than a $100,000 watch
October 2, 2024October 10, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Why a $22 mug is better than a $100,000 watch

My marked-up query letter
September 18, 2024October 2, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Tips on writing query letters

The infamous free roll of toilet paper
September 9, 2024September 18, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

The risks and rewards of going viral

What dropping 82 pounds looks like
September 1, 2024September 9, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Why I’m not the same person I was in 2019

Man crying
August 25, 2024September 1, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

America needs a good hard cry

Image from Pixabay
August 18, 2024August 25, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Why you should write from your values

Just a typical pair of men's shorts.
August 9, 2024August 18, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

A shorts story

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