Monthly Archives: September 2012

Essay. The Rocky Hill

The Rocky Hill On a swelteringly hot July day, two armies collided at a little town at the junction of major roads. By day’s end, men defending their home ground had dug in along a ridge, with the very end … Continue reading

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Essay. It will be ok.

Sometime around 11 pm March 18, 1995, I was bleeding out on the OR table after an emergency delivery of Joseph and less than a minute away from the obstetrician removing my uterus in a last attempt to clamp the … Continue reading

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Thought for the day. How do we remember the events that changed everything?

Today is September 11, 2012. In my country, the USA, 911 was once thought of only as the three digits dialed into a phone when one has an emergency. In 2001, the numbers became something different, the shorthand for the … Continue reading

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Essay. Lessons from Doomsday

Sometimes you find a book. Sometimes one finds you. My husband pressed me to read The Doomsday Book after he had listened the audio version. The novel’s premise is seductive for anyone interested in history: It is Christmas season, 2054, Oxford … Continue reading

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Living with Depression series. (IA) First posted Sept. 2011

Hurricane Irene swept through last week, although she was downgraded to a tropical storm before hitting us. Nonetheless, there was a lot of rain and periodic gusts of wind that whistled through the windows and sent the dogs under the … Continue reading

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Essay. Remember.

Forty years ago today, the final act of the terrorist attack on Israeli athletes and coaches participating in the Munich Olympic games occurred. I remember it with the fixed memory of a 12-year-old child staring at a television set, waiting … Continue reading

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