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Robyn Sinéad Sheppard: Top writer in my own mind.
Robyn Sinéad Sheppard: Top writer in my own mind.

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May 24

How I Knew Christianity Wasn’t Right for Me

And How After Far Too Many Years, I Realized NO Religion Was a Better Fit — The other day I posted in a comment something about my “pre-rational thought days.” A commentor to MY comment asked, “It must have been mentally agonizing to leave. You had to drop your mental comfort blanket. A brave thing to do. …

Atheism

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How I Knew Christianity Wasn’t Right for Me
How I Knew Christianity Wasn’t Right for Me
Atheism

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May 18

The Corner Candy Store, My Father, Marijuana, and Me.

Still Crazy After All These Years I’ll be 73 in a couple of weeks, and this is usually when I look back over my life and take stock of where I’ve come so far. I’ve been an aficionado of marijuana since I was 17. Sorry, Nancy; I just couldn’t say “no.” And yes, in my case…

Marijuana

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The Corner Candy Store, My Father, Marijuana, and Me.
The Corner Candy Store, My Father, Marijuana, and Me.
Marijuana

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Apr 21

I’m Trans, I’m Old, an Atheist, I Swear, and I Don’t Care

I Smoke Weed, Too. And if You Have a Problem With Any of That, That’s Exactly What it Is: YOUR Problem — It ain’t my problem. It’s yours. I grew up a PK (Preachers Kid), so my knowledge not only of the Bible but how it was written, translated, misquoted and misunderstood is not only at least as good as yours, but if you’re like the majority of so-called Christians in this…

Atheism

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I’m Trans, I’m Old, an Atheist, I Swear, and I Don’t Care
I’m Trans, I’m Old, an Atheist, I Swear, and I Don’t Care
Atheism

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Apr 11

What’s Next, Medium?

Gonna Force Us All to Use Grammarly? ProWritingAid? Hemingway? — I only ask because you’ve just forced us to have all of our pages look the same, and I’m concerned your next move will be to make all of our posts sound the same. Which is what so many “writing assistant” programs have as their unstated yet oh-so-obvious goals: eliminating…

Medium

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What’s Next, Medium?
What’s Next, Medium?
Medium

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Apr 11

Even More Random Thoughts

More Drippings From My Weird Brain — • What if Mary Magdalene and Jesus were married? Or siblings? Or maybe even twins? • I’ve watched so many British TV shows that it looks weird when Americans get into their cars. • another difference between cats and dogs: with a dog, when you come home from even a…

Random Thoughts

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Even More Random Thoughts
Even More Random Thoughts
Random Thoughts

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Apr 9

Spring Haiku

The crocuses bloom Purple, yellow, and white, too. Can Spring be far off?

Poetry

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Spring Haiku
Spring Haiku
Poetry

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Apr 9

This Pill Just Might Kill You!

But Hey, At Least it Just Might Help Your Headache — The United States of America is the only country in the world other than New Zealand that allows drug companies to advertise their products directly to consumers. The United States of America also has the highest costs of prescription medications of any other country in the world. In the U.S…

Advertising

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This Pill Just Might Kill You!
This Pill Just Might Kill You!
Advertising

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Mar 29

I Rarely Check My Medium Stats

And Why They’re Not Important to Me — I’ve been writing on Medium for a long time. Almost as long as Medium has been around. But you’d never know that from looking at my statistics. Seven years is a long time to have been writing on any given platform, but you’d never know it from a casual glance…

Statistics

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I Rarely Check My Medium Stats
I Rarely Check My Medium Stats
Statistics

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Mar 19

My Cat Died Yesterday

Mo was 18 Years Old We called him Mo, short for Mohawk. As a kitten, he was completely white, except for the black stripe that ran from his nose, down his back, to the tip of his tail. …

Cats

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My Cat Died Yesterday
My Cat Died Yesterday
Cats

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Mar 11

It’s a Damned Good Thing I’m Retired!

Otherwise, I’d Have No Time For Medium — The last time I checked I had almost 1858 followers on Medium. I know so little about checking my statistics that I have no idea how many people I follow, but it’s a list that grows larger with each passing week. That’s because I have two rules I follow when…

Reading Medium

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It’s a Damned Good Thing I’m Retired!
It’s a Damned Good Thing I’m Retired!
Reading Medium

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Robyn Sinéad Sheppard: Top writer in my own mind.

Robyn Sinéad Sheppard: Top writer in my own mind.

1.99K Followers

I write in order to understand what I'm thinking. I read to understand how to improve my writing. I'm a grandmother--what's your superpower?

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