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Author Archives: chick
Gotta Go With What You’ve Got
The silent blog might have made it seem as if I’d dropped off the face of the earth, but I am still here, still alive, barely. Lack of sleep is really messing me up. It’s not just that I’m forced … Continue reading
The State of My Health
My new retinoschisis medication makes it harder for me to stay hydrated, and it seems to have worsened my tinnitus. Otherwise I’ve been doing OK with it. My eyes at least feel stronger. That is, I’ve had fewer bleary-eyed days … Continue reading
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3/27/2024
Yesterday was my music lesson, so I had to drive myself there. While I was on my way home, a rock flew into my windshield. I saw it coming and was powerless to stop it. It hit with such a … Continue reading
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Dreaming of Summer
The last few weeks have been brutal. I can’t seem to get enough sleep. I’ve had no energy for anything but TV, and I’ve been falling asleep while watching it. As if I didn’t already have enough trouble waking in … Continue reading
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Reading Report: Out of the Dust
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse is the story of Billie Jo, a girl growing up on a farm in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl years of the mid-1930s. When a terrible household accident kills her mother and scars … Continue reading
The Key to Control
My kids are not big on chores, but if I ask one of them to unload the dishwasher, they’ll drop whatever they’re doing, run downstairs, and unload the dishwasher in a flash. Why such immediate action? Believe me, it’s not … Continue reading
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Family Talk
I got an automated call the other day. It was supposedly from the hospital with which I have a pay dispute. The robotic voice asked me to call the hospital back at their “business office,” but the phone number it … Continue reading
Tired of the Silence
Today I was thinking about the idea that I’d had for a novel, and I decided that I would sit down and try to write for a moment, just to see what would happen. I opened up Scrivener, my go-to … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Romances
Another post from 2022 that I never published– I read a bunch of romance novels earlier this year. I haven’t gotten around to writing one yet myself, but I had some thoughts about how I’d approach the work, based on … Continue reading
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SITY: Mysterious Behavior of Ants
A post from July of 2022 that I never published– There are two things that I see ants do almost every year. One is farming. I’ve shown pictures of this in the past, but not yet this summer. Actually, I … Continue reading
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