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Advent: Remembering, Being Vigilant, Doing My Job 0 (0)

Quite a bit has changed over the last couple millennia. And some things haven’t. One of the things that hasn’t changed is human nature: which is good news and bad news, depending on how I look at it. I’d started … Continue reading

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This Week: Sunshine, Blue Skies and an Echocardiogram 0 (0)

It hasn’t been quite four years since a small patch on my tongue’s underside went numb. My wife said I should call our town’s emergency room, so I did. I’d long since learned that she’s got common sense. That was … Continue reading

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I’m Not as Crazy as You Think I Moose! 0 (0)

(From Gustave Doré, via Library of Congress, used w/o permission.) I’ll be talking about ADHD, PDD, PTSD, ASD and me; and what that alphabet-soup assortment of acronyms means. But first, a spot of poetry. “…Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I … Continue reading

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Happy Death?! 0 (0)

“Happy death” sounds like an oxymoron. Like cold fire, which turns out to be Shakespearean. “…Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!…” (“Romeo and Juliet,” Act I, Scene I, Romeo; Shakespeare (1597)) A happy death is also something … Continue reading

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Another Death in the Family 0 (0)

A family get-together was supposed to be happening at our house today. It’s been canceled or rescheduled. I don’t know which. That’s probably just as well. There’s a winter weather advisory here, and a winter storm warning over the county … Continue reading

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