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What I Thought and Did Earth Day, Part Three

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

The usual warnings continue to apply.  Parts One and Two here and here.

April 22, 2010, Earth Day and M’s birthday.  Twenty-four hours have passed since the doctor put his words out there.  I’m still hot with anger and grief, still breaking into sobs at the slightest twinge of thought.  I’ve examined M repeatedly for signs [...]

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Get out there!

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

I don’t like to tell people what to do.  In fact, except for my kids, who lack imagination where performing necessary tasks is concerned, I’ve come to dislike it extremely.  Well, even then.  But I’ve been thinking lately that Mormons appear to be beeline people, traveling in more or less straight lines between this or that field of responsibility [...]

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