Flatlining
On November 5, 2021, my heart stopped beating. My heart stopped beating every 20 to 40 minutes for 4 to 14 seconds for most of the day. I...
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The Fate of Mother Ducky
The first Sunday in May 2020 during the spring of COVID-19, I walk out the backdoor of the garage, down the slab steps and around the...
In Absentia: Grief, Opioids, and Pocketing Pain
I finally decided to write about the thing that has been keeping me from writing—pain. I have lived long enough to develop the ultimate...
The Story of My Storyteller
4.75” Original, kiln-fired pottery by Native artist. Price: $400, plus shipping and handling via USPS, C.O.D. During the summers of 1998...
520 New Words
Merriam-Webster adds more than 520 new words to dictionary, including ‘COVID-19,’ ‘second gentleman’ and ‘sapiosexual’...
To heal, we must first remember.
Words of wisdom from then President-elect Joseph R. Biden from his Covid-19 Memorial on the National Mall. My daughter laughs out loud...
Sending Comfort
My children’s father died of Covid in December 2020. After his death I joined a Facebook group Covid-19 Loss Support for Family and...
From a sutra written by the Buddha
This body is not me, I am not caught in this body. I am life without boundaries. I have never been born, and I shall never die. Look at...
Covid Connections
Those of us who have lost someone to Covid share a bond that others may not understand. Here I share a post from my FB page the morning...