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The Joy of Rambling

Thoughts on life, caregiving, sobriety, sanity, and the importance of laughter.

  • The Beauty of Online Shopping.

    We are at Walmart. I have a grocery list on my phone. Jim walks behind me, thinking of other things we might need, and announcing them as we go. “Do we have coke at home?” “Yes.” Down the frozen dinner aisle. “Do we have pizza at home?” “No. That’s why we’re here. I’m picking up…

    Rambler

    July 21, 2023
    Alzheimer’s
  • Gratitude

    July 5, 2023 As always, I woke up this morning to my dog, Gus’ quiet “woof” that means “if you don’t wake up now, this sound can get louder.”  After heating up yesterday’s coffee (I hate waste), feeding the dogs and letting them all out, I sat on my couch to meet with God. It…

    Rambler

    July 5, 2023
    Alzheimer’s
  • Happy Thursday

    It is finally still. This day. It started at 1:00 a.m. when Gus needed to run outside to have diarrhea. Gus is my dog. This explosion of pudding continued its need to be acknowledged every hour, on the hour until about 4:00 a.m. Sleep was more than illusive to me. It was far, far away,…

    Rambler

    May 13, 2023
    Alzheimer’s
  • Parkhurst School

    The first school I ever attended (other than a pre-school, or what they called a nursery school back then, of which the only memory I have is waiting by the door for some lady in a station wagon to pick me up), was in the town of Winchester, MA, where in the fall of 1963…

    Rambler

    August 2, 2022
    Memoire
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