NOT KEEPING SCORE

I’m going on long walks. Taking a breather.
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful […]

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The 7th of December was the 66th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, the Petaluma Hospice Light Up a Life celebration, and my mother’s birthday.
Not the kind of birthday a mother ever hopes to spend, my father and I offered to take her to the Hospice ceremony, and then to sushi.
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Suddenly, I can’t eat.
I keep waking in the dark, early mornings, and have to vomit. I haven’t been able to keep anything down since Tuesday, save two pieces of bread and a cup ’soup. My stomach is roiling, and I feel anxious and tired, but can’t sleep. I either have a stomach bug, or […]

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So tired. Stayed in bed all day. Ate two pieces bread, then applesauce, then tea. Think I’m getting sick. But good news: no jury duty. Also, got cat catbox so she can sleep inside all night without pissing on my floor cushions. Getting tucked into bed by mom, will write later.

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Today I joined a gym and finished my brother’s obituary.
Gym: treadmill for 30 mins.
Obituary:
Christopher David DeJong, (February 14, 1976 – November 21, 2007) – beloved son, husband, brother, nephew, grandchild, teacher, friend – passed away unexpectedly in his El Cerrito home.
Born on Valentine’s Day in Petaluma, Chris was a precocious, curious, outgoing child. […]

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Today I went to yoga, had a facial, and took a nap. That’s it. I have been sitting in my fuzzy red robe and drinking tea for the past 5 hours.
And I know it seems crude at a time like this to be doing something like having a facial — but the thing is, I […]

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