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Bookworm, Confessions of a

posted over 2 years ago, updated 8 minutes later | 6 comments
I love books. I have hundreds of them. I have even read a couple of them.

I love turning the pages, feeling the type and looking at all the pictures. You know how autobiographies always have all the pictures in the middle of the book? That's my ...

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Under Construction...

posted over 2 years ago, updated about 16 hours later | 9 comments
I've been thinking...There seems to be a lot of road construction going on right now in Podunk. Everywhere I had to drive today was a construction zone. One of the main east-west arteries was closed a couple of blocks from where I needed to turn, ...

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A Hundred Million Miracles...

posted over 2 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 7 comments
Yes, that's the title of a song from “Flower Drum Song...” and was sung by Miyoshi Umeki in the movie. It has always been my favorite song from that particular musical.

It seems to me that it is even more appropriate now, in these times. Why? Bec...

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Marty...

posted over 2 years ago | 8 comments
Sometimes, you meet someone you like immediately. Marty is like that. Outgoing, talkative and funny, I was glad that I had been sent to be his nurse.

He lives out north of Podunk, off a dirt road, in the country. When I arrived, the chain link ga...

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The Power of One...

posted over 2 years ago | 10 comments
So, I went to a class this morning. In nursing, we are always attending classes to learn new skills, new techniques, and new treatment modalities.

This one was different. For one thing, it was mandatory. That always gets my attention. I was signe...

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The Finger Man...

posted over 2 years ago, updated 13 minutes later | 8 comments
Not everything in life is black and white. The shades of gray can be overpowering. Choosing which way to turn can be difficult, too. Black? White? Gray? Sometimes, circumstances, or ethics, make the choices for you.

A very long time ago, I...

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Stopping the Buck...

posted over 2 years ago | 7 comments
I have done what I do for over 30 years. I have learned more than I thought my brain would hold. I have had experiences that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. And times and things have happened that I truly wish I could recreate, over and over ag...

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What happened?

posted over 2 years ago | 8 comments
I still have a lot of things I want to do while I am young enough to do them. I look in the mirror and my mother is staring back at me!

Where did the time go?

Oh wait, I remember. I spent all those years raising my children and trying to grow u...

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Sweet Child O'Mine...

posted over 2 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 8 comments
Precious Little Child, Sweet Child O'Mine..
Your eyes twinkle like the stars that shine..
The inner beauty that shows in your face,
Is borne of the joy that is your grace...

Alive and living and learning so many things..
The sound of your voice g...

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Change Happens....

posted over 2 years ago, updated 6 minutes later | 10 comments
I was thinking today. I have been using a computer in my work for almost 30 years now. I guess I thought about it because we are in the throes of a software upgrade at work...

Monday is the “go live” day, but certain information needs to be in th...

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