Category Archives: Health care

Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 32)–The richness of being hand-to-mouth

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

A roof over my head and food on my plate. Yesterday, completely by happenstance, I got the chance to meet someone a little better. I’d just dropped my third grade daughter at the church for her regular choir practice, and was … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 2)

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

My mental cutting room floor has a few discarded ‘likes’ lying there this morning–rock music (Cream; Yes; Hendrix; Captain Beefheart; Jeff Beck: Clapton…); afro hairstyles (sings the theme for ‘Hair’ )…. But, to the surface, floated the following. Don’t seek rhyme … Continue reading →

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Signal failure?

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

I stumbled into the karate studio yesterday evening, just a little early so that I could stretch. I saw a boy, who is about 8 years old, holding his head and just starting to cry. The head instructor called the … Continue reading →

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A bag full of it

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

In the spirit of intolerance, I have to draw this little piece of public policy to wider attention. Where I live, the local governments have imposed a bag tax: 5 cents for (paper and plastic) disposable bags, whether in supermarkets … Continue reading →

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Simply speaking: Thank you, brown paper bag

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

My Saturdays have become quite simple in recent weeks; I’ve been trying to keep things simple and quiet. This Saturday, I craved some exercise so went to an early morning kick boxing class, after breakfast. The previous day’s burst of … Continue reading →

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Bugaboo

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

It’s been bugging me for several days, so I have to get it out of my system. Why are some people (I dare not label it with any gender or age qualifiers) terrified of insects? I can understand some of … Continue reading →

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Never too old to learn?

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

It’s a well-worn adage that ‘You’re never too old to learn’. The fact that I decided to retire in my mid-50s makes me an odd bird in the eyes of many. But, it also gives me a chance to test … Continue reading →

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HALT! Who goes there?

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

I always find it interesting when similar ideas from seemingly different worlds come together. On Friday, one of my admired traders reminded the world of the need to have breakfast, snacks, dinner, etc.; he sends out this reminder several times … Continue reading →

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Belly up!

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Yesterday, I celebrated Shrove Tuesday as I have for most of the past 20 years–eating what Americans call pancakes, and I have always known as flapjacks. But, I was hankering for those good old pancakes that I ate in England–what … Continue reading →

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Copacetic

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

A word I came across for the first time a few weeks ago has been running around my head ever since: copacetic. Whether it is ‘alright’, ‘satisfactory’, ‘hunky dory’, ‘ducky’, they all fit, even the Jamaican Rasta variant, ‘Irie’. A … Continue reading →

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