It is important to know that my wife was a dialysis patient, and that she was never really healthy in all the years we were together. When we first got together, I used to count the number of days she was not in the hospital. She lived as long as she did because of her… Continue reading PTSD and Me
We have had mountains of snow this year in Central Oregon, and we are on track to get at least another foot of snow over the next couple of days. We have had snow on the ground since December 6th. But I don't want to write about snow. Writing about the weather is the last refuge… Continue reading The Big Chill
I ran into two things today that I had never heard of before, both of which I am happy I know about now. The first is a song by John Stewart called "Mother Country," which was a song forwarded to me by a friend in response to an earlier post. I had never heard of John Stewart, and… Continue reading Newly Discovered Favorite Things
I lost my wife, Jenny, four months ago, on August 31st, 2016. Her heart failed. It was the worst thing to ever happen to me in my life, and these last four months have been the hardest I've ever had to endure. Jenny was a "dializor" - a term she preferred to "dialysis patient." She… Continue reading Loss and Life
This Memorial Day weekend I am thinking about the men and women who died defending this great country of ours. Men and women from all races and religions. Immigrants and sons and daughters of immigrants. Descendants of the Mayflower and descendants of the first immigrants who crossed the Bering Strait 12,000 years ago. They died… Continue reading Memorial Day 2016
Indelible Mark 