I was planning to stay in Chicago until my birthday weekend, but I realized that I couldn’t do that. It’s…
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- Backpacking
- Biking
- Books
- Cambridge
- Cats
- Challenge
- Chicago
- Cleaning
- Crafts
- Daily Journal
- Day Job
- Electronics
- Essay
- Fandom
- Fantasy
- Fiction
- Fitness
- Flute
- Food
- Fool
- Goals
- Grief
- Gym
- Hair
- Headaches
- Health
- History
- Hockey
- Home
- House
- IBS
- Judging
- Languages
- Monsters
- Music
- Nominee Project
- Pain
- Philosophy
- Photos
- Poetry
- Political
- Publishing
- Race
- Ritual
- Romance
- School
- SciFi
- Snark Alert
- Social
- Song
- Sports
- the stroke
- Travel
- Upper Country Singers
- Video
- Website
- Whine
- Wilderness
- Work
- Writing
Why I Go (Especially When I Don’t Want To)
Today was a tough day for me for a variety of reasons already recorded in my personal journal. Suffice to…
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I brought a crocheting project with me to Chicago. My neighbor teased me about bringing so much clothing, but part…
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I cried over lasagna tonight. The lasagna wasn’t bad. It was fine. Not my favorite, but a perfectly serviceable dinner.…
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So now I know what it is like to spend time in a mental health facility. Now I know what…
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I am a widow. But I am not alone. Even if my house were empty (which at the moment it…
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Ambrose Christopher Campbell, born December 28,1960, passed away at the age of 63 on August 2, 2024. He was a…
Continue ReadingA+ in Tragedy
There will be no miracle. Ambrose’s brain is dying. Much of it is already dead. I am currently sitting vigil…
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After getting the not so good news, I had calls to make. I asked the doctor if he could talk…
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I’ve watched enough medical shows to realized that when someone isn’t being taken for an MRI in a hurry, there’s…
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