January 2007

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Back to work

It felt pretty good to get back to work today. Just wish I had a little more enthusiasm to do the job right now. It will get there.
Here’s something from a self-assignment: try to take an interesting picture of a wisk. You know, what you use to beat eggs into submission. Not nearly as easy [...]

Dealing with loss

It’s been a week now since daddy died. I don’t feel like I’ve taken the time to really let it wash over me yet. It still doesn’t feel real.
There were more people at the funeral than I expected. Some showed up to pay their respects who were childhood friends of his and hadn’t seen him [...]

Rest in peace

They say it comes in threes.
My father died Friday, Jan. 12.My friend Keith’s father died Jan. 15
I don’ t want a third one.

Life Still Gets in the Way

So here I sit, my thoughts, muddied, a cast of thousands. I want to go to bed at all of 10:12 p.m. and the thought still rings through it all, “I must update the blog.”
On Nov. 29 my father underwent surgery for an aortic aneurysm, and he’s still in ICU today. As I write this, [...]