Monthly Archives: June 2014

Essay. The train to Baltimore.

I know babies were born today, couples married. I personally know of two people who died, one after a long fight with cancer and another in a road accident. In the way we interlace the fingers of two hands, we … Continue reading

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Essay. Gentle knights, gentle night.

In honor of two men who helped me find and keep the best parts of myself. My gentle knights. I have a photo of an older man sitting on a couch with legs outstretched on a hassock, lost in a … Continue reading

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Essay. A New Leaf.

When my brothers and I were young, our grandmother would occasionally tell us we needed to turn over a new leaf. It was her way of saying we needed to stop whatever bad thing we were doing and find something … Continue reading

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Essay. A real education.

Like many other people, some of my most important education came not in school but in experience with bad health. One year I was a middle-aged woman with a son and two dogs, then a person invalided by back pain … Continue reading

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Essay. When life happens.

To rephrase an old saying, life happens while we are thinking about something else. A year ago, a shopping center was built on what had been a golf course. Around that time, I drove home from a doctor’s appointment and … Continue reading

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Essay: Perfect Imperfection.

I left a doctor’s appointment worried about diagnostic and treatment challenges and in increased pain from having to climb two flights of stairs and then walk down. On the sidewalk, I noticed the dogwood tree. I looked at several blossoms … Continue reading

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