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My Health Care Directive: Being Specific

I’ve been distracted this week. Wednesday morning I got and started reading documents involved in setting up family property/estate/whatever arrangements for at least the next generation. I was part-way through the last document when a video conference with the lawyer … Continue reading →

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Lenten Misery Misses the Point

It’s Lent and I’m a Catholic. So how come I’m not sitting in some dark corner, reflecting on doom, gloom, and how perfectly rotten I am? Or at least moaning and wringing my hands over the world’s dreadfully dire state: … Continue reading →

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Rhubarb and Clematis, or Maybe Honeysuckle

There wasn’t anything special about the back yard at 818. But 818 is the place where I spent the bulk of my childhood, so it’s a place I often go on trips down memory lane. Let’s see, where to start. … Continue reading →

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Remembering a House I Grew Up in, and Gratitude

This week I’ll talk about 818, a house I lived in as a child and youth; and why gratitude is a good idea. House Numbers, Names, and Memories I don’t remember 1215, the house my parents lived in when I … Continue reading →

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So? Let Her!

My wife grew up in a very “Catholic” family. That doesn’t mean what you might think it does: old-fashioned clothes, candles everywhere, too many children, and the girls brought up to be doormats. Okay, granted: my wife is the second … Continue reading →

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