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Monthly Archive for July, 2006

Five Times Is A Charm

Posted in life on Jul 10th, 2006

Velcro at 94X Magnification

Posted in elsewhere on Jul 10th, 2006

I’m starting to take some “next steps” in my journey back from the land of grief. Some of these are mental and or emotional adjustments, while others are more tangible. The most tangible one to date has been the changing of my voice mail greeting.
Until yesterday if you called my home phone you were greeted [...]

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Ten

Posted in health on Jul 8th, 2006

Last January while I was at a friend’s house on vacation I stepped on to their bathroom scale. I hadn’t weighed myself in years and only had a vague idea of my weight. Seeing two hundred and fifty pounds on the dial was a shock. I knew that I was heavy but I didn’t realize [...]

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Okay, Now I’m Thirsty

Posted in elsewhere on Jul 7th, 2006

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Among The English

Posted in life on Jul 7th, 2006

In the movie Witness, at the end as John Book is getting ready to leave the Amish world and return to his own, Eli Lapp says to him, “You be careful out there among the English.” As both Michele and I loved the movie this phrase became part of our lexicon. When ever one of [...]

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Windshield Woes

Posted in random on Jul 7th, 2006

Believe it or not, my windshield woes continue. In our last episode the technician came and examined the rain sensor assembly and decided that a new “gel pack” was needed. He called his office and they placed an order. Later that day I was called by the dispatcher and informed that the parts would arrive [...]

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Contextual Breakdown

Posted in family on Jul 6th, 2006

It has only been nine months since Michele died and already some of the memory contexts I’ve been using to keep the sound of her voice alive in my memory are failing. To be fair the urgency to hear her voice is falling off a bit too. In recent weeks I’ve been thinking more and [...]

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