The Caregiver’s Tales
Tiny essays on life, nature, grief and other things that catch my fancy in the Texas Hill Country. Here’s how it all got started.
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What’s Coming
It looks as though it will be a day where we anticipate rain. I like that sort of day. Gray. Full of promise.
Doctor, Doctor
I’m wondering what next year will bring while feeling good about the possibilities. And that’s good medicine…
Going Underground
I grow tired sometimes writing about grief. Partly, I suspect because I think, who wants to hear it all the time. But when you’re writing every day about what you see and what you feel, it’s hard to avoid.
A Case for Tomorrow
December 7, 1941. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The country went to war and set off a chain of events that reached all the way down to touch a young woman in Ohio and a young man in Texas.
Notes on Today
Ordinarily, a gray, rainy day might feel cold and somber. But today’s gray, rainy day feels anything but.
Feeling Good
Boom. The Christmas cards are done and in the mail. On the last day in November. He shoots. He scores. Now it’s present buying time. I already have some. I feel as though this may well be as pressure free a Christmas as I’ve had in a long, long time.