Tag: life
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Is Our Destiny Foretold?
[Is this the world we want? Image source: Google search.] We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change. ~~Sheryl Sandberg A year has passed and here I am once again laying in bed with my heavily bandaged right foot propped on a dark red…
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At The Pall Mall Barbershop On A Cold Rainy Day
[Photo credit: Getty Images. Google Search.] A barber’s hands have the power to transform not just a person’s appearance, but their entire outlook on life. I woke up this morning after dreaming of walking through a glorious city in the rain. It was a city of cathedrals and domed churches. But it was all wet.…
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Anemonia Keeps Me Awake
Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out. ~~Richter [The Berlew Family Reunion. Orange, PA. September 6, 1926. Photo: Egan Family Archives.] I don’t think it rained that day. There are no clouds in the sky. I should know. I’ve crawled inside this photo more than once over the years. One…
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The Last Quarter Moon Gives A Pale Wintry Light/Late Night Thoughts Following Spinal Surgery
{Author’s Note: This blog post contains a photograph of an x-ray of my lower back taken six days after my spinal fusion. If the image of hardware screwing together two of my vertebra is irksome to you, my gentle readers, then feel free to search for another fine read. I have 645 in the bank.…
