Yearly Archives: 2014






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When you get immersed in a chronically ill community, you meet so many amazing warriors fighting for breath, for life, for their families with such courage and conviction. You grab on for the ride with their highs and lows and celebrate their successes, no matter how small or large. In fact, […]

A time to heal…..


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I was a gullible 15 year old working my first real job, developing pictures in a darkroom of a photography studio. When developing photos we used a safe yellow light to be able to “see” what we were doing. When developing film, however, it had to be completely dark and […]

X-ray contacts




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In my old party days, when I heard the word “stout” I either thought of short and rump or one of my favorite things on the planet – Guinness. Of course that was after my semesters abroad in England, where my favorite pub bar-keep would put a clover leaf into […]

Stout or Stouthearted


Cub Lioness
If I could be an African Cat, I would be a lioness. We recently re-watched African Cats, the Disney Nature movie. So I have big cats on the brain today. I don’t remember feeling so nostalgic watching that movie the first time, I think because it was pre-Lyme. I have […]

Ode to a Lioness




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Oh,yes, in the old days, I epotimized “living life on the edge”. I tested the limits of my physical body, emotional self and the limits of the law. I drank too much, smoked too much, worked too much, didn’t eat right and slept little. It was a ripe combination for […]

On the Edge with a Rail