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“Never tell them where it hurts. Keep your bullet safe inside.” Richard Buckner, Devotion and Doubt. I’m a physician’s daughter. Any shred of hypochondria was ridiculed out of me. My dad treated even minor injuries with disrespect. Dad: “You twisted your ankle? Let me see.” (takes ankle and wrenches it) Me: (whimpers in pain) Dad:
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Dave’s grandfather John loves cruise vacations. He has been on something like 30 cruises with his wife. They couldn’t cruise at the end, her Alzheimer’s made traveling challenging and unsafe. Since her death, we’ve gone on two cruises with him. The first was especially hard for him, as all the memories of their time together
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Take This Quiz: Are You an Under-buyer or an Over-buyer? | Zen Habits This took me about 30 seconds. I’m definitely an under-buyer. I revel in open, uncluttered space, get annoyed at piles o’stuff, don’t stockpile, and, consequently, I short myself on staples now and then (no milk or no cereal for a few days
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Tis the season to purchase gifts. It’s also the season for carrying a pound of catalogs to the recycling bin each day. Those catalog folks do have my number – they know I purchase clothing, and shoes, they know I like wine, like outdoorsy stuff, yoga, and workout gear. I get pounds of catalogs at
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So, I have been straying from my path, not going to satsang at my local meditation center, wondering what the point of the chants and the gatherings are, feeling disconnected. I have let that question “why should I go?” rattle around in my head for a little while, and I just rediscovered the answer. Tonight,
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My nephew My niece My brother-in-law’s deep fried turkey My sister’s homemade non-canned green bean casserole (from Cook’s Illustrated – subscription required) Hot and numbing beef roll in our take-out meal from Tasty China in Marietta Dave’s bacon, avocado, leftover turkey sandwich, a play on Zingerman’s Tarb’s Tenacious Tenure. Hingerman’s Barb’s Tenacious Tenure anyone? Going