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On Kids and Screens, or Why I Feel Like The Catcher in the Rye

On Kids and Screens, or Why I Feel Like The Catcher in the Rye

Published March 16, 2022 by KarenGough

thefootloosescribbler Kids On Phones While flying last week, I noticed the kids around me. Unless they were a baby, every single one of them stared…

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Straight from the Coroner’s Office – Causes of Death in Santa Clara County, 2020

Straight from the Coroner’s Office – Causes of Death in Santa Clara County, 2020

Published January 5, 2021 by KarenGough

thefootloosescribbler Under the California Public Records Act, I requested, from the Medical Examiner Coroner’s office, the data showing cause for all manner of deaths in…

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Real Stories from Shelter-in-Place

Published May 17, 2020 by KarenGough

thefootloosescribbler Mental Health: Received in an email to me (Karen Gough) dated May 12, 2020: I moved to LA recently and don’t have much of…

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A Visit To The Local Salvation Army

A Visit To The Local Salvation Army

Published May 5, 2020 by KarenGough

thefootloosescribbler “In times of crisis, we adapt and we shift—boom.” This assertion, by Morgane Dussault, Donor Relations Director of The Salvation Army Silicon Valley, was…

Teens and the Lure of Fruit Flavored Vodka

Published November 18, 2019 by KarenGough

thefootloosescribbler This is not a travel piece but it is something I have recently become passionate about and since I am footloose and can scribble…

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Category: Social Commentary

On Kids and Screens, or Why I Feel Like The Catcher in the Rye

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Straight from the Coroner’s Office – Causes of Death in Santa Clara County, 2020

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Real Stories from Shelter-in-Place

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A Visit To The Local Salvation Army

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Teens and the Lure of Fruit Flavored Vodka

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