I'm in Issaquah, a bedroom community of Seattle until Tuesday. I haven't been here in a little over two years. I'm here because my father had "gamma ray surgery" yesterday which is focussed high intensity radiation from lasers. The array of approximately 250 lasers were focussed on a fast-growing tumor on the bone at the base of his brain. It ( Read more... )

Did you ever notice that CIA is pronounced "shha" (as in Marcia ( Read more... )

It is passover. The theme of passover is going from bondage/slavery through a narrow passage into freedom. Most of us are familiar with the story of the exodus. The Jews in Egypt were in bondage and built the pyramids. Moses became the spokesman of the Jews, demanded that pharoah "let my people go", pharoah said "no" and then god smote the land ( Read more... )

May you have balance in your life


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Yesterday I visited with Bob, my mother's sweetie of almost 20 years. I stood by his bed, held his hand and told him that I love him. Later, I sat beside him on the bed and he told me that one of his favorite memories was of the two of us reading the Sunday New York Times together. I told him that Tom and I still talk about taking a tour of his ( Read more... )

We got a new range on Saturday. Until about a week ago I didn't even know that the appliance which combines burners and an oven was called a range rather than a stove. It is gas and the burners light of their own accord when you turn the knob to "light." The oven turns on and stays on. And there is an oven light. The broiler is in the oven, so ( Read more... )

On December 1 a friend gave me starter for "Amish friendship bread." I've made one batch so far and have given away two starters. I've been thinking of how to modify the recipe to make the bread more interesting (my friend made a banana rum version that was quite nice). In my dream last night I was considering adding dried fruits and maybe nuts ( Read more... )

I went to Burning Man this year to attend the temple burn. It is what I needed to help me deal with the loss of my sister. I came home knowing how powerful that experience was for me. And also knowing that many people in the local Burning Man community did not go to Black Rock City this year, I knew that I could not be the only one who needed ( Read more... )

I went to Burning Man last Friday explicitly for the Temple burn on Sunday night. I had stories that I had written about my sister placed there earlier in the week by folks who got there before me. I hadn't even known that I was going when I sent them. Here they are, although the pictures had been at the top.


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