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  • Vol. 3, Chronicle 23

    8:13 PM, Fall break day 2, Stroke recovery day 37: Woke up satisfied with coffee & a state qualifying XC runner. Messages from the runner’s mom made my efforts, from morning car line fist bumps to teaching to assuming my… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 3, Chronicle 22: 40

    40: One year ago, exactly one week shy of our 39th anniversary, Miss Julie & I attended a wedding in the same gorgeous cathedral where we stated our vows. As I sat with my sons & daughters-in-law behind me &… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 3, Chronicle 21

    THE POWER OF WORDS IN SHADES OF GOLD, RED, EBONY, & IVORY:A golden anniversary, a polite way of saying a half century has passed. And here I am, in a golden sunset, reflecting backwards to an overcast Thursday October 7,… Continue reading

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  • Vol 3. Chronicle 19

    BOTH SIDES NOW:Today marks day 18 since “the event”, my stroke. Today, closing in on two years of residency, I visited my mom at her memory care facility. Today was the hardest day since the event, a duplicitous day, being… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 3, Chronicle 17

    VOLUME 3, CHRONICLE 17, THE STORY STARTED IN 1975:Stress. Two years ago, July 3, 2024 when I posted the 3 section work that follows as Volume 1, Chronicle 28, I had no idea of the stresses that lay in wait… Continue reading

    Vol. 3, Chronicle 17