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A year of my blog

I started this blog one year ago.  My daughter helped me; in fact she suggested it. I have tried some writing in the past.  (Not counting scientific papers.)  Since I was a kid I have occasionally written short stories.  At … Continue reading

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Riding the passenger ferry

Jerry and I had dentist appointments on Thursday.  We took the foot ferry to town early so we could get some errands done before the dentist.  After the dentist we like to go to Barns and Noble for a treat. … Continue reading

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And now more art

This is a graphite pencil drawing.  It is large, on a 22 x 30 piece of Arches.  I did it in art school in advanced drawing class.  It was a long project, taking most of the quarter.  I arranged the … Continue reading

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Death and funerals

I have been thinking a lot about death lately.  Not in a panic or a depression, but in a more analytical or contemplative way.  Perhaps I am coming to terms with death’s finality and its reality.   There are a … Continue reading

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Health Care, Aug 20, Time Goes By Challange

Today I spent some time trying to understand why so many people say we in the United States have the best health care in the world.  I looked up some statistics.  First, I checked the adult mortality rate:  your chances of … Continue reading

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New York! New York!

I arrived in New York, to be there during my son’s operation on his neck, last Wednesday afternoon. I flew into grubby Kennedy International Airport.  I stood in line waiting for a cab.  “Where you wanna go?” the dispatcher shouted … Continue reading

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Since I came home

Here are two things that made me happy since I came home.  I saw the frog while I was watering.  The baby to come will be my first great grandchild. A lot has happened since I came home. My third … Continue reading

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More art

There is a note to each of these.  Celebration was done from a photograph I took of friends from my graduate school days, Frank and Carol.  Frank was my lab buddy.  He did his Ph.D. dissertation on possum testicles.  He used … Continue reading

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Cat prints

A Good Book untitled Elemental habitats: fire Elemental habitats: air Elemental habitats: water These are a few of my prints from past years.  If you hover the cursor over the image it shows the method used to create it.  The … Continue reading

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Driving through Yukon, remembering Lola

When Jerry and I go to and fro to our house in Alaska we drive through Yukon Territory.  When we do I always think of Lola Estee.  Yukon is a wild and beautiful place, but not as wild as it … Continue reading

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