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Stopping by to say I’m Still Here
I haven’t been around lately but with good reason. On Saturday, February 2nd we celebrated my dad’s 90th birthday. He still drives, cuts his grass, and does most of the things he’s always done. On...
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No Time to Write
“TUESDAY” production sign (Photo credit: Vaguely Artistic) The last couple of weeks have been crazy. My father had a small stroke last Tuesday morning and is now doing fine. We’ve had to make several...
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Is Creating a Writing Schedule Just Asking for Trouble?
English: Gentaur schedule (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Approximately two weeks ago on a Sunday night I sat at my computer and hammered out what I thought was a very reasonable writing schedule. If I...
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Bon Voyage, Dad
Dad reading a poem he wrote for his brother. There are moments in life when we float along in enjoyable ignorance with not a worry to cloud our minds. Then life hands us a reminder that we are not...
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Lost in Time
Death Valley (Photo credit: Frank Kehren) With the recent passing of my father and my mother sinking deeper into dementia I’ve felt, like never before, the frailty of my own life. The passing of time...
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First Try With My iPad
English: An image of an iPad. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) For my birthday my wife bought me an iPad. I was torn between getting a small, inexpensive laptop or an iPad. I actually purchased a laptop,...
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Stuff and Lessons Learned
Over the past several weeks my brother and I have been going to mom and dad’s house and wading through the past. In other words we’ve been sorting through stuff. There’s stuff we once held dear....
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A Brief Exchange
We sat in the dining room and watched as the large area slowly filled. The food was displayed down a long table in the center and the chef walked along the display with a critical eye making sure...
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Writing Again
courtesy hvaldez1 It seems as though I’ve found my way back to writing, I can’t explain why something like the death of my father and my mother’s dementia could hit me so hard as to knock the...
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A Reading Faux Pas
I’m not sure how many of you are doing your reading on a Kindle but 90% of my reading these days takes place on a reader. It’s usually my Kindle Paper White but sometimes, when reading a magazine or...
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