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Parking lots I’ve known and loved…
Yesterday I went to the pharmacy to pick up hospice medications for my husband, who is in his last peaceful hours. His beloved family envelops him, he’s in no pain. We are very fortunate. I’m so tired I can’t walk straight. I’m so exhausted I can’t think straight. My body is so fatigued I’m in Continue reading
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Things I’ve gone my whole life without knowing (Part 5,893,422)
Clue in the NYT crossword this morning: Landmark on which most U.S. radio stations base the starts of their call signs, with “W” on the east and “K” on the west [Algonquin] The answer was Mississippi River. Easy enough to figure out because it’s the landmark for a lot of things, but I’m struck that Continue reading
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Just write already
Changing back to this theme because if I choose one with too many photos, I’d spend all day looking for just the right image to post. But not before I got sidetracked down some rabbit hole about some dead celebrity or an endocrine condition I’m sure I have. And before you know it, it’s time Continue reading
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Endings, Beginnings
Most days my dog and I walk to our neighborhood park. It is the highlight of her sweet, furry day. And mine, too, usually. On the way we pass a white house on a corner that is a group home for severely disabled young adults. A big, fancy van, the kind with a wheelchair lift, Continue reading
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Promise Revisited
I’m certainly not a poet, or even a writer, but this space gave me a needed outlet during an extraordinary shift in my life. Six years ago I was diagnosed with lung cancer. I think I wrote this the day I got the phone call. Funny. I remember writing it straight through with almost no Continue reading
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Well, duh.
I don’t watch much TV and I don’t follow the royals except when they do something amusingly stupid, but I watched the Meghan & Harry interview with Oprah and read some of the follow-up fallout to (rolls eyes) Her Majesty et al. Here then are my important insights, so pay attention. Let me see if Continue reading
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Soar
Release me to the skies in a million pieces To ride the thermals with the hawks, delighted, enchanted, free Then let me float past them, effortless, to oblivion Continue reading
About Me
This blog started out as letters to my dog maizie but devolved into meaningless observations from a half-deaf cancer alumnus introvert navigating the noise you other people make.
DEARMAIZIE 