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Kevin Donahue

A Message in the Walls

Our family recently had a great surprise. My mom was having a bathroom in her home refurbished. The workman pulled out the medicine cabinet…

5 min readNov 10, 2022

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A Message in the Walls

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Kevin Donahue

In praise of graceful exits

This is a crazy week end, with two of my favorite UU ministers delivering their final messages to their congregations today. Another…

3 min readJul 24, 2022

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In praise of graceful exits

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Kevin Donahue

Oh, happy (wedding) day!

We’re coming up on a week since my son Pete and Marissa got married and, I have to say, it was a damn good wedding. Now, I don’t have the…

3 min readJul 24, 2022

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Wedding party

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Kevin Donahue

Why Cats?

I get why dogs are man’s best friend. Back 30,000 years ago, when we were a shaggy but sharp biped with an uncertain future, dogs saw…

2 min readApr 13, 2022

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Why Cats?

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Kevin Donahue

When checking via Slack on some work this morning, a colleague wrote back that a good friend and…

I say a lot in the course of a day and I’m pretty good at saying the right thing and avoiding the wrong thing. And yet, I really don’t…

1 min readApr 7, 2022

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Kevin Donahue

The Most Amazing Person I’ve Ever Known Has Died

My family moved one town over, from Hazlet to Matawan, in 1973, when I was in first grade. It was a “made-it” kind of move, in 1973 terms…

4 min readJan 15, 2022

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The Most Amazing Person I’ve Ever Known Has Died

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Kevin Donahue

The ‘Dog’ Days of Winter

Virginia and I kicked off our quarantine (a nephew we saw over the Christmas weekend tested positive Sunday for covid, so we’re sitting and…

2 min readJan 7, 2022

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The ‘Dog’ Days of Winter

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Kevin Donahue

Some ‘Mountain-Climbing’ Advice from Writer George Saunders

Listened to George Saunders’ first collection of short stories, Civilwarland in Bad Decline, this summer and all the things I enjoy about…

2 min readJan 7, 2022

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Some ‘Mountain-Climbing’ Advice from Writer George Saunders

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Kevin Donahue

6 Thoughts on Jerry Maguire, 26 Years Later

Virginia and I continued on a torrid pace of movie-watching, this time watching Jerry Maguire with friends on New Year’s Night. One couple…

5 min readJan 6, 2022

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6 Thoughts on Jerry Maguire, 26 Years Later

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Kevin Donahue

Where Are We in the Pandemic?

With omicron burning through Americans, vaccinated and unvaccinated (though, sadly, with very different outcomes), it feels like a total…

2 min readJan 6, 2022

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Where Are We in the Pandemic?

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Kevin Donahue

Kevin Donahue

Journalist (Rodale/Men’s Health, Philly.com, Philadelphia Daily News), healthcare marketer. Fan of good stories, good games, flow and family. "Grandguy" to Mia.

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