The Riehl World

Friday, December 4, 2020

My Christmas Gift

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  Today I agreed to donate my brain to medical science. (I’ll pause here to allow regular readers of my published opinion pieces to stop lau...
Saturday, October 31, 2020

President Tweet and San Marcos Mayor Meet the Virus

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 Donald Trump says his use of social media, countering what he calls fake news, made him president. This morning, as I watched the DOW sink ...
Saturday, July 11, 2020

Why We Could Lose the War on COVID 19

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The day after the World Health Organization declared the spread of the virus a pandemic, President Trump addressed the nation from the Oval...
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Sunday, May 3, 2020

The Virus of Sextortion

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It’s Cocooning Day 50, with no Covid -9 cases so far, in our Château Lake San Marcos community. Karen and I wear facemasks when we leave ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Remembering My Neighbor

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Our next-door neighbor died last night. But he was much more than a neighbor. He was a best friend, a father figure, and a 103 year-old i...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Hiding fromthe Virus: Living the New Normal

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It’s Day 14 of our lockdown in the Château Lake San Marcos retirement community. None of our 140 residents have been diagnosed with COVID 1...
Sunday, March 15, 2020

Coping with COVID-19: Cocooning in Our Own Chateau

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Two days before the pandemic was declared, we received a warning from the executive director of our 55+ senior community. The Château’s s...
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After 35 years in public education as a university administrator and a high school English teacher, I began my second life as a freelance writer, winning San Diego Society of Professional Journalists awards for my opinion columns in the former San Diego daily North County Times and the San Diego Free Press.
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