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Sunday, April 3, 2005

The dogs are in their yard with plenty of water, the house is cleaned

Saturday night is past me now, and another week to look ahead to. I must get back into the spring swing of walking, dieting and housework. I went out on the bicycle today. Not enough air in the tires to permit a long bike ride. So I just coasted back home. My guages won't accept the air dispenser at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 2, 2005

St. John Paul 2 -- Memory of a Memory

On the morning when he was shot nearly twenty-five years ago, my father and I were eating breakfast at the Begley Drug Store out in Chevy Case. Walking out we simultaneously read the headline of the fresh newspaper and groaned. I said, "The communists think they have won now". My father said not to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Hemingway's Code: "Grace Under Pressure"

Hemingway signed up to drive ambulances in Italy during World War 1. He traveled to Spain to cover the Spanish Civil War, in between the two great wars of the 20th century. He performed undercover fishing expeditions in the Atlantic off the coast of Cuba, in search of German subs. After covering the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 28, 2005

Hemingway's Existentialism: "I Am You Now, Rabbit. You are me."

Ernest Hemingway's best book was For Whom the Bell Tolls. It was another of his "code hero" books, starring Robert Jordan, an American college teacher, not much unlike Harrison Ford's interpretation of Dr. Indiana Jones. Life on your own terms was the central code. If you couldn't live free, then... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 27, 2005

The Short Happy Life of Francis McCawber, by Ernest Hemingway

I remember the story as if I had read it this morning, about a conflicted man and his dysfunctional relationship with his wife. She was a brow beater. She thought the only way you were ever going to get anything done was by mewling and pewling, stamping your feet, denigrating loved ones, etc. Her... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 26, 2005

The Short Happy Life of a Friend who Surpassed Us All.

I feel very positive about my health right now. The relief of knowing exactly what is wrong has given me a new lease on life. Also knowing how to cope with it, comparing myself to people with worse conditions, for their age, and finding out that my prognosis is directly related to my efforts at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 25, 2005

I Owe You One Doc! I Know You're Busy, but, Hey, This One's For You, Dude!

What a load off of my mind. I guess I failed to mention that my tri-annual physical resulted in some questions about hypertension. My doctor thought it was too borderline to diagnose, but she made me go see a nephrologist. So, today was my day at the nephrologist. Just to bring you up to date, I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 24, 2005

Planners Have our Best Interests in Mind Sometimes.

Well, I feel tired but happy after my day out. The girls arranged a day at the mall to coincide with my trip out there for a haircut appointment. They had lunch at the food court, walked around, loitered, shopped for earrings and books, window shopped and "hung out". I got my hair cut, read the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2005

As Ariala Said to Me, "I Learned a Long Time Ago Not to Make Promises".

The frustration I feel, you all feel, is intense when your point of view is so right, and yet the world travels on its merry way, ignoring the obvious solutions that you have placed before it. My brother, who has had a profound impact on my life, says that it's like a patient who is being cured... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2005

He Pictured his Dear Mother's Face. A Tear Came, Then Two.

I love the story of Soapy. Soapy is a vagrant around town. Everyone knows him, the locals anyway. He picks up after himself and generally stays out of everyone's way, but he is definitely a bum. Last fall, a streak of lightening hit him and he decided he would get himself arrested and spend the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Traditonal life in American mainstream education. Area of concentration -- English as a Second Language. My take on the issues and "what really works" (when my kids let me log on).

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