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  • Untitled post 3519

    I guess it was inevitable. Last week, I contracted Covid. This week, I feel about 58.9% better. Since I really can’t pull too many thoughts or sentences together, I thought I’d re-blog Mitch Temley. He’s a popular blogger, writer, filmmaker and public speaker who lives with his wife in Cincinnati, Ohio. When I noticed one…

  • Talking Intuition with D.G. Kaye

    Talking Intuition with D.G. Kaye

    I just finished a book where one detective asks another about a suspect. “What does your gut tell you?” A few days later, I’m watched a show where a woman is upset when she hears her friend’s boyfriend stole some jewelry. “I knew something was off with him all along.” They are both referring to…

  • A Conversation with Sharon Marchisello

    A Conversation with Sharon Marchisello

    In early 2000, author Sharon Marchisello’s mother, Lolita, seemed to understand that something was different and once told her daughter “Losing your mind is a terrible thing.” She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and the whole family was learning how to adjust to life with a loved one who was quickly changing. Years later, with…

  • Tales From Thule, Greenland Part II

    Tales From Thule, Greenland Part II

    This is the second half of the 72-year-old journal I found of my father’s time in Thule, Greenland during the summer of 1948. Click HERE to read Part I. (Any content appearing in parentheses are my own additions to provide more clarity.) August 3 I’ve been assigned to take care of our one and only…

  • Tales from Thule: A Look Inside a 72-Year-Old Journal

    Tales from Thule: A Look Inside a 72-Year-Old Journal

    Two unlikely circumstances recently collided in my small world which led to the re-discovery of a 72-year-old journal. The first happening was a six-part documentary series which aired in the early fall titled “Expedition to the Edge.” It was the story of The Infinity, a 40-year-old sailing ship with a stubborn (!) German captain named…

  • The Night Before

    Originally posted on Inked In: It has been more than three years since my mother moved into a seniors’ home. But time hasn’t made the memory of the eve of her move less heart-wrenching. THE NIGHT BEFORE (May 2016): ?Tomorrow we are moving my 89-year-old mother to a seniors’ residence.? She has been in transition,…

  • Helping an Elderly Parent : Part 2

    I have a featured Guest Blogger this week named Pete Springer. Pete is the author of They Call Me Mom, a book based on his 31 years of experience in the classroom.  Pete spent years caring for his mother. That story continues here in Part 2. It offers insight, advice and a real glimpse into…

  • Helping an Elderly Parent

    I have a featured Guest Blogger this week named Pete Springer. Pete is the author of They Call Me Mom, a book based on his 31 years of experience in the classroom.  Pete spent years caring for his mother and has generously written about it. I’m sharing his story over two weeks. Here is Part…