Monthly Archives: July 2009

a thumbtack on the map of life

July 31, 2009 – 10:42 pm

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu It’s almost trite to talk about the journey being more important than the destination. It’s certainly something I’ve written about before, in fact, probably more times than is strictly speaking reasonable. Many (unnamed and unreferenced) people have spoken or [...]

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on being

July 26, 2009 – 1:21 pm

“What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.” – Buddha “We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The question, “Who am I?” has been on my mind a lot lately. [...]

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perspective

July 20, 2009 – 9:25 am

My brother got married in 1979 and my sister-in-law-to-be very kindly included me in the wedding party as a bride’s maid. I was sixteen and self-conscious. I haven’t seen the wedding photos in years but ran across them (the ones my dad took) while looking for pictures for the scrapbook project I’m doing for mom. [...]

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garden progress update.

July 17, 2009 – 7:14 pm

Finally, the upside down tomatoes have babies. The rightside up tomatoes are starting to ripen. And scandal hits the garden as red and yellow tomatoes are found cohabitating on the same branch. More photos on flickr.

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am I just not motivated?

July 16, 2009 – 2:44 pm

A month ago, I wrote about the challenges this journey has presented since the newness has worn off. About that same time, this post on Zen Habits appeared. The opening line, “Have you ever really wanted to do something, but you just weren’t motivated enough to do it?” grabbed me, so I tucked it into [...]

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shop till you cry

July 14, 2009 – 12:22 pm

I haven’t lost a lot of weight this month but still, I’ve been working out hard and that’s got to count for something. At support group last night the nutritionist said that stress causes you to hang on to weight. So does eating too much. I hope both of them get better really soon. My [...]

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family

July 11, 2009 – 3:44 pm
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okay, today I really mean it

July 9, 2009 – 11:10 am

Yesterday exploded shortly after I posted. It turns out that Mom didn’t settle in well and spent the night trying to run away. She just wants to go home but Alzheimer’s has stripped her of that. She tells us all the time that she wants to go home. Sometimes it simply means she wants to [...]

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moving on

July 8, 2009 – 10:23 am

We took Mom to the nursing home yesterday and I only almost cried. It went fairly well but she’s just not able to hold on to the concept of why she is there and that she has to stay. I hope that she adjusts but for the time being, it’s going to be “can I [...]

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happy 4th

July 4, 2009 – 9:13 pm

And the rockets red glare…the bombs bursting in air… We had our usual surprisingly impressive fireworks display. I’m always amazed at my little tiny community. It was a beautiful display. Now, just explain why I cried through the whole thing.

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