Tag Archives: life issues

Life, Health, and Making Sense

What with writing down what I consider reasonable health care if I am unable to communicate, running a fever that finally fizzled this week — and being aware of our current pope’s state of health — maladies and medicine have … Continue reading →

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Come One, Come All! Public Execution!

There was nothing in my Google news feed Tuesday about the scheduled execution by firing squad of a mass murderer, or plans to livestream the event. Nothing that I’ve seen, at any rate. Vatican News, on the other hand, posted … Continue reading →

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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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Family Matters

One way or another, families have been in the news this week. That is not a good thing. Families gathering on a beach planned on celebrating the first day of Hanukkah last Sunday. Then a father-son duo killed 15 of … Continue reading →

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Death at a Church, Again

Another mass murder at a church happened Sunday morning. It happened a few states over. Someone said it was “horrible”. I’m inclined to agree. But I won’t be talking about what happened there. Not unless this incident turns out to … Continue reading →

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