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“Nearby is the country they call life. You will know it by its seriousness. Give me your hand.” –Rainer Marie Rilke She was an octagenarian living in an advanced state of dementia. Completely bedbound and dependent, she no longer spoke except for increasingly rare one-word utterances. Mostly, she stared into space or slept but once… Read more
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Easter this year was again Easter. I didn’t realize it until I was driving home Sunday evening after visiting my parents for the weekend in Fresno. The two-lane road was flanked on both sides by orchards of olive and orange trees. Driving through San Joaquin Valley orchards in the Spring has long been one of my… Read more
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Last night, I went swing dancing for the first time in years. As I awkwardly began to remember the steps, it felt like my body sprang free from its pen like a gangly, restless colt. Giddy within minutes, I asked myself, “How did I ever give this up? How could I forget how much I… Read more
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Half showers are dangerous. Half showers are lazy showers. Half showers are for people like me who don’t want to go through all the effort of a full body shower when all they need is to, ahem, “freshen up”. (And please don’t look at me like my lady parts are so much smellier than yours… Read more
Heather Isaacs 