Sunday, May 31, 2020 It has been a year and two months now since you died. Sometimes in a dream, you come to me to explain that the doctors were wrong, and you did not really die. I can almost believe that, in the dream. Your doctors were not infallible, and they did miss aContinue reading “Walking by myself, and never alone- Now”
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Mistaken identity at gunpoint- then but told now
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 After I realized my forestry career was over, I lived in Oakland, CA, for a short time, across the street from Highland Hospital. I remembered hearing back then that, generally, this wasn’t a very safe neighborhood. And that was without the proximity to Highland Hospital generally. Specifically, my apartment was justContinue reading “Mistaken identity at gunpoint- then but told now”
A job not wanted, revisited- Part two
Sunday, May 24, 2020 I woke up that morning and turned to face her as usual. She was wide awake. “I didn’t want to wake you up, but I haven’t slept all night. I need you to take me to the hospital. Now . . .” If you knew my wife, you would know thatContinue reading “A job not wanted, revisited- Part two”
A job not wanted, revisited- Part one
Sunday, May 24, 2020 I have put off writing this post long enough. In early 2013, my wife had successfully finished her last round of chemotherapy for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. We were told that she should not worry about CLL, even though her mother had died from this. No, we were told that CLL wouldContinue reading “A job not wanted, revisited- Part one”
Memory is the Key 