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We, the people. Xmas 2016

I crave the comfort of a holiday season that never was. I want the thrill of a perfect present surpassing all my wildest expectations, happy family gathered smiling, house lit with heirloom decorations and filled with glorious song. (Oh, and while we’re dreamin’: sleigh bells ringing, those powdered almond cookies, caroling neighbors, ice skating on the pond, crackling fire with no leftover ashes.)

Renovations-Redux!

It’s fall, time to shed the old and make way for the new, right? Yes, yes, yes, we are two Continue reading →

Kidney Cancer: Ten years Grateful

August 2006:  6cm tumor. Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma. The memory of that phone call is still profoundly shocking:  sitting at Continue reading →

Ano Nuevo-My New (scary) Year!

 I had the map, I had the motivation, then why was I suddenly scared? We started out together–David, my daughter Continue reading →

44 years later, love.

Man, oh, man:  his blue velvet dinner jacket, my pink dotted-swiss, my tightly clasped hands, we were such innocents on Continue reading →

A sister’s anguish-still.

I found my brother’s body.  And then I wrote his Death Notice for our local newspaper. I said, in the Continue reading →

The Heartbeat of a Day

May 31st marks one year. Twelve months since I posted my last Quickbooks transaction. Gave my last employee review. Attended Continue reading →

Get ready, set…Fail!

I love me some comfort: the sensibility of routine, my favorite worn-in sheets, the predictability of the sunset and the Continue reading →

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