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About a year ago, we acquired an aged freezer on Craigslist. Dedicated supporter of the elderly that I am, I insisted that we make a nice home for it on our back porch.  Perhaps grateful at being given a chance … Continue reading →

Last week’s post reminded me how much I miss that crazy neighborhood where our kids spent most of the growing-up years during the 1950s and 1960s.   In Saint Joseph’s parish on Seattle’s Capitol Hill, none of the moms “worked”, … Continue reading →

When the teacher strikes got settled and the kids in our state went back to school this week, I figured I better quit playing hooky and come up with some kind of a celebratory blob! Labor strikes by teachers in … Continue reading →

Decided to go on “vacation” for a week or so while we figure out how to co-exist with peritoneal dialysis . . . . . . . . or else to win the Mega Millions 1.2 billion dollar lottery, — … Continue reading →

I’d like you to meet my son Matthew’s most faithful friend – his right kidney.   Mr. Kidney is single, having lost his mate in 2004.  In spite of this regrettable personal loss, Right (- his first name) has soldiered … Continue reading →

Everyday I’m finding on the kitchen counter more of the “fruits” of daughter Susy’s daily gardening harvest. So far, it’s green beans, radishes, tomatoes, carrots, pea pods, cucumbers, potatoes, beets, and zucchini. My granddaughter Josie and I helped with some … Continue reading →

Here, for your viewing enjoyment, is a handsome pic of Horridus the triceratops dinosaur. Don’t swoon. But do try to remember that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. After all, it’s extremely likely that his mother or his … Continue reading →

Many of us were bald when we came into the world. And many of us will be departing from it the same way. I can still vividly remember when I used to have hair, though. I have no idea where … Continue reading →

We’ve got to discuss a little more about how to “go with the flow”. First, I am pleased to reveal that on Thursday, son Matthew heroically weathered his first procedure to attain the status of Bionic Man. After two hours … Continue reading →

Question: what if you find out you have to go on dialysis and you don’t know kidney beans about the subject? Answer: Urine trouble. (Hint: you have to say it aloud.) My son Matthew found out recently he has to … Continue reading →