Loose Strife

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December Moon

January 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

At last, I’ve posted some photos from December. We missed a lot of events — holiday parties, bonfire, and so on. Sometimes I just fall out of the habit. We did resurrect the video camera after months collecting dust, but transferring, editing, and posting video just takes too much time. Some day! My favorite photos […]

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Weakened heart

January 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This morning Laura and I (and Naomi) went to see the cardiologist. He listened and discussed her symptoms (lightheadedness, unsteadiness, occasional falling, fainting, low blood pressure, and lots of migraines). Like the rest of the doctors, he thought that everything except the low blood pressure was probably neurological and not symptomatic of a problem with […]

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Comment notification

January 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on Comment notification

Administrivia: Some of you want to know when others have commented on posts — a post of particular interest or one that you have commented on. Now when you leave a comment there’s a checkbox that will trigger an email to be sent to you if anyone else writes a comment to the same post. […]

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Missing doorknob

January 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Another installment of the Ashfield patrol log: Dec 17 – 8:30pm – Report of a doorknob missing from residence on South Street; services rendered.

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Dizziness

January 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Laura’s handling this latest round of chemo extremely well so far. It’s really remarkable. None of the previous nausea/vomiting, malaise, or pain even though, or perhaps because, she’s taking no meds to treat any of these symptoms. Her appetite has returned. Many things taste different, but otherwise no trouble eating. So now Laura’s main issues […]

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Pale blue dot

December 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment

This video is a mash-up of an excerpt from Carl Sagan and various iconic movie imagery. It somehow struck me as particularly poignant right now. Here’s to the new year! http://media.dizz.org/palebluedot.mov

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Chemo round #5

December 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments

We had a very nice christmas this year without incident. (Well, let’s not dwell on the unfortunate flair up when I lost my cool after Lily turned her nose up at my christmas dinner.) The day was very easy going and the kids were adorable. I’ll post some pics and video later. Laura had her […]

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Police report Dec 12

December 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Another installment of the Ashfield patrol log: Dec 12 – 2:20pm – Report residential propane leak, March Rd. Determined to be stink bomb, located inside pant pocket that went through dryer.

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Christmas is coming

December 23rd, 2007 · 3 Comments

Not much to share, but I’m wide awake. Long before Laura’s diagnosis I fell into a bad pattern. About the time I put the kids to bed I’m ready to collapse and I often fall asleep while reading stories, much to Lily and Naomi’s frustration. But they poke me and I read another line or […]

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Weeee!

December 18th, 2007 · 7 Comments

It’s been a winter wonderland around here over the past few weeks. Locals say that this is the sort of weather usually reserved for January or February. There’s currently 16 inches on the ground with some drifts around the barn much deeper. Low temperatures have been in the single digits and we had wind gusts […]

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