Monthly Archives: December 2020

Ending the year

2020 has been a challenge for all of us. It really doesn’t matter if you live in one of those rare areas which has either been not much affected by the spread of SARS-COV2 or had a sensible government which … Continue reading

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I took down the calendar

You can be so accustomed to having something in a particular place that you just don’t see it anymore. Or, if you “see” it, the significance doesn’t register. So it was with the 19 month calendar hanging on the wall … Continue reading

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All dressed up

and unable to go anywhere. In keeping with long standing tradition – the monkey frieze is decorated for the holiday. Otherwise, there isn’t much house decoration, lights, or action along the route from our house to the Package Sending station … Continue reading

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Seventh night

which was managed without four footed help

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Sixth Night

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Fifth Night

with some unasked for assistance  

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Second Night

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First Night

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The well dressed dentist

Since I had to be at the SFVA anyway – I thought I would check to see if the dental clinic might just have an opening. Dental, like the Infusion Center and all the other procedure driven clinics requires a … Continue reading

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or empty heads

Since most of them are not exactly sweet (the politicians, that is)… And, as Pat reminds me (oh, it is sooo nice to have friends who are medical librarians…) .. Except … that original marshmallow study? Was later shown to … Continue reading

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Marshmallows

Ron reminds me of the following: A classic experiment showed that kids who can resist immediately eating one marshmallow in order to later get two of them have better life outcomes.  Our fight against Covid-19 is being derailed by a … Continue reading

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