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November 23, 2014
HOME OR ASSISTED LIVING HOME? 2
Last week I asked subscribers to add their opinions about what, in the context of Assisted Living, makes a place feel like home. The basics, according to these readers, include: Pets and doors that lock and books and good … Continue reading →
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November 17, 2014
HOME OR ASSISTED LIVING HOME?
In his important new book, Being Mortal, Atul Gawande, M.D. recounts the origins of assisted living facilities and the efforts to make residences for the frail elderly more like home. Six issues of this blog have explored what home means … Continue reading →
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November 9, 2014
ARE YOU ENTHUSIASTIC?????
Are You Enthusiastic????? On Facebook and Twitter, being enthusiastic seems to be very important. There’s no such thing as a comment like “That’s funny.” Instead, the responses are more on the order of “That’s funny!!! LOL!!!” Here are some comments … Continue reading →
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November 2, 2014
Ten Dumb Facebook Come-ons
I am a sucker for Facebook links to cute animal videos and I tolerate a good deal of ridicule as a result. What I can barely tolerate, though, are the ridiculous headlines designed to increase numbers of viewers. I am … Continue reading →
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October 27, 2014
Writing Anxiety
“Writing Anxiety” seems to me a fancy excuse for avoiding hard work. John Updike is quoted saying that despite his prolific writing, there was a moment every day in which he “didn’t want to climb the stairs” to his office … Continue reading →
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October 19, 2014
Penis, Anyone?
No, I haven’t switched from literary fiction to porn to penises. This is an account of a truly weird place I visited on a recent photo journey to Bhutan with James B. Martin. For anyone who pays attention to that … Continue reading →
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October 12, 2014
Autumn Leaves and Leaving
In the autumn of 1996, Norm appeared at my kitchen door and told me he had come to say “goodbye.” Our family had moved to Connecticut from California six months earlier and Norm was one of my few friends. We … Continue reading →
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October 5, 2014
“My House is Me…”
In Daniel Pinkwater’s The Big Orange Splot, Mr. Plumbean disrupts his “neat street” of houses by transforming his home into a place that reflects who he is and what he longs for. To complaining “neat” neighbors, he explains, “My house … Continue reading →
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September 28, 2014
Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan: A Journey
I visited Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet with a group of photographers in the past three weeks. Here are some photos and descriptions of the journey. What I saw: –In Kathmandu, men lowering the swaddled body of a dead policeman down … Continue reading →
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September 21, 2014
Like Me!
Time to “Like” me again. I know, I know—it’s ridiculous, but it matters in the wonderful webbie world. Why? Because search engines keep track of these things, so the more popular a site is on the web, the easier it … Continue reading →
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