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September 2012

September 24, 2012
I wasn't all that surprised to learn that the Hunger Games sequel is being filmed...
September 20, 2012
There are days when I think I might have been so much better off if...
September 18, 2012
What if - Obama was overheard saying: "If my dad had been born white, I'd...
September 18, 2012
A troubling dream woke Mama. "I was going into the hospital for something but I...
September 16, 2012
“All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.” ― Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez, Gabriel García Márquez:...
September 13, 2012
I lost the car keys. I should have remembered all this from my days mothering...
September 12, 2012
Irony is the long-shadow of death. It is early morning yet. I have just administered...
September 11, 2012
    So who does Pat Conroy read when he’s in the mood for a...
September 09, 2012
We were sitting outside a drugstore. My sister-in-law was inside, picking up a couple of...
September 07, 2012
When his sister got married a couple of years ago, Stephan walked his Hero Mama...
September 05, 2012
  Not that I'm a genius or anything close to it but I have stumbled...
September 04, 2012
I arrived home from Seattle on Saturday. It had been an eventful last week of...
September 03, 2012
When Neil Armstrong died much was made of that awe-inspiring walk he took on the...

August 2012

August 31, 2012
  Students have come to expect it from me, and I will not disappoint. Yes,...
August 30, 2012
It's the veterans she served as a nurse that Mama remembers best. Bruce. Homer. Mike....
August 29, 2012
  Mama was engaged to a man after Daddy died. He was a nice enough...
August 28, 2012
Mama likes to talk. This is a random and new thing for her. Unlike my...
August 28, 2012
These words kick-started my day: "I hold the heady doctrine that no pleasures are so...
August 27, 2012
Have you ever noticed that the dying are far more discerning about how they spend...
August 24, 2012
We can all agree that Prince Harry is a wild card. A good boy with...
August 23, 2012
I got nothing. Nothing to add to the debate about Rep. Todd Akin and "legitimate...
August 22, 2012
Taking Care of Mama 8.22.12 You buy the plane ticket To come see me You...
August 20, 2012
Mama took the doctors best prognosis in typical Mama fashion. She looked straight at them...
August 18, 2012
  The blinds drawn, lights off, I leaned over Mama's hospital bed and rubbed her...
August 16, 2012
“This day is not a sieve, losing time. With each passing minute, each passing year,...
August 15, 2012
A watercolor of Scottish man in a kilt playing the fiddle took the Judge's Choice...
August 14, 2012
A friend once told me how difficult it was for her to adjust to the...
August 13, 2012
  The argument over health care is politically-charged and I have nothing much to add...
August 12, 2012
Mama is sitting at the edge of her bed eating a biscuit with jam and...
August 11, 2012
A week ago I was in a hospital in Spokane, Washington celebrating the birth of...
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