I have friends --- a couple --- who are about to take jobs in Cambridge and looking for appropriate housing, ideally a one-bedroom (or more) apartment in or near Cambridge, or at least somewhere on the red line. They are not looking for roommates ( Read more... )

Just a quick followup to my series of recent posts on death and dying, to report on the answer I was given to my one final question, that being: Why is my father receiving no nutrition?

The doctor's answer was that to give him nutrition would (with, the doctor said, at least a 2/3 probability) have shortened his life by a few days, along with ( Read more... )

My "cause of death" post from yesterday is now updated (at the bottom) with an account of my conversation with the doctor. More conversation, as you will see from the update, must ensue. Further advice about how to conduct that conversation is welcome.

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This evening I accompanied my mother to Happy Hour in her retirement community. We sat at a table with two other residents, Phyllis and John ( Read more... )

I am in Florida with my mother, waiting for my 94-year-old father to die, which the doctors now assure us will happen within a week ( Read more... )

This one is slightly racier than my usual, so I'm posting it only here.

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This is my new treadmill:


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1) I subscribe to a mailing list from which I receive email approximately once per day ( Read more... )

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