My second thought about Ronald Reagan’s death was for Nancy. Caretakers take it hard. I can only imagine how difficult it must have been for the Reagan family to watch him suffer from Alzheimer’s for years. My mom took care of my retarded brother for his entire life: he always needed help with something. When […]
Entries from June 2004
Peace and solace
June 7th, 2004 · Comments Off on Peace and solace
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Comment policy needed
June 7th, 2004 · Comments Off on Comment policy needed
here on this blog. Yes indeed. Earlier today I received two comments on a post, one after the other, both from the same IP address, and the second comment had a tone to it that seemed unnecessary and excessive. So I deleted it. This two-comment 1-2 punch from the same IP has happened to me […]
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Scribble one for The Gipper
June 6th, 2004 · 2 Comments
My strongest memory of Ronald Reagan, the one that came most immediate to mind when I heard about his death, happened in elementary school. That year our assignment was to write a page in our journal each morning. I remember writing about the assassination attempt on Reagan. It was a strange year. John Lennon had […]
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Doughboy girl
June 6th, 2004 · Comments Off on Doughboy girl
Elisabeth doesn’t speak many words, but one she tries to say is “doughboy”. She wraps her lips around the vowels, laughing as she says it. I think she knows it’s something silly. “Doughboy” reminds me of what our friends in Rhode Island would serve us – fried dough with tomato sauce – as we’d gather […]
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Bunk beds and potato heads
June 6th, 2004 · 2 Comments
The other day our neighborhood had a garage sale. We stopped at one house and found some treasures for our family: a bunk bed set, two 3-D books with plastic parts, and a Potato Head family of three packed into a pink suitcase. After we bought our purchases, we spent another hour at another garage, […]
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