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Vivian McInerny

Mar 19, 2024

12 stories

Personal Essays

First person takes on life and other related topics

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The House on the River

Living on a houseboat was but a five-year dream

Feb 5, 2024

The House on the River

Feb 5, 2024

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Ode to a Friendship

See you wherever we land

Sep 13, 2021

Ode to a Friendship

Sep 13, 2021

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How to Make a Happy Home Memory

Home is in the eyes of the beholder.

Jun 22, 2019

How to Make a Happy Home Memory

Jun 22, 2019

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Never Cover for a Con Man

In the early ’80s, I got a fake job working for a fake person — and exposed his house of lies

Oct 31, 2019

Never Cover for a Con Man

Oct 31, 2019

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No Bed of Roses

I’ve ditched chairs with no regrets. I once separated from a wool rug just because I wanted to see something else. And when a vintage…

Jun 21, 2019

No Bed of Roses

Jun 21, 2019

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I Was Wrong About My Daughter’s Wedding

How I ditched my attitude to appreciate tradition

Sep 6, 2019

I Was Wrong About My Daughter’s Wedding

Sep 6, 2019

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My Oldest Brother Is Younger Than Me Now

Memorial Day is different when you’re actually mourning a veteran

May 25, 2020

My Oldest Brother Is Younger Than Me Now

May 25, 2020

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Learning to See: A myopic looks back to the future

My high school science teacher back in days of 1970s yore was a geeky guy who loved tech and sci-fi. He once asked the class to imagine…

Jul 25, 2020

Learning to See: A myopic looks back to the future

Jul 25, 2020

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Dying to Know

When my kid asked about death, I told the truth

Aug 10, 2020

Dying to Know

Aug 10, 2020

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Soldier Boy

My brother was no sucker

Sep 5, 2020

Soldier Boy

Sep 5, 2020

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Career journalist, essayist, fiction writer, and life-long spirit-quester.

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