An Entry in the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge Once you know the meaning of ubiquitous, it will become a favorite word. In the late 80s, I accompanied one of my older sisters on her road trip from Chicago to Seattle to assume a dean's position at a university. She lived in …
T is for Taxes
An Entry in the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on Pexels.com Taxes. I've made my fifth trip to my CPAs office. A record. Last year it was once. The year before, my first year to gather the tax information, once. Taxes. Why the difference? Can't tell you. My …
S is for Saying Farewell to My Nursing Files
I stand here by a wall of metal file cabinets—three in a row, four drawers each—a nursing career of memories nestled in the southwest corner of my study. My life’s work written on hundreds, maybe thousands, of pages hanging neatly in file folders. After twenty-two years in our three-bedroom house in suburban Chicago, I am …
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R is for Review
An entry for the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge A few months ago, a blogging friend, VJ Knutson from Canada, asked for a copy of my nursing memoir. I was elated. Caring Lessons was published over 10 years ago, and it's rare I get asked for a copy anymore. I so appreciated …
Q is for Quaker
Did you play the alphabet game on car trips as a child? I vividly remember someone shouting START and then peering out the window to find the letters on signs. We couldn't get them off anything that moved, so signage on cars and trucks were not allowed. Who ever found a letter first would smugly …
P is for Presley, as in Elvis
Last Saturday night, on my twenty-minute drive home from a concert downtown by our South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, my body singing with the sounds of oboe and violin and trumpet, my mind enjoying the quiet of the nearly empty city streets, Elvis, a heart throb from my high school years, soared mournfully into life on …
O is for Omniscient, Omnipresent, and Omnipotent
An entry for the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge Finding a word (or words) for the letter O was a no-brainer. From childhood, these attributes of God have lived in my heart. Having this vocabulary to describe God's presence in my life has grounded me and given me comfort all these years. …
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N is for Normal
An entry for the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge I wince when I think of normal, especially as used in the phrase getting back to normal. In several discussions this past week, I concluded many of us feel rudderless. What do we do now that we're vaccinated and things are starting to …
M is for Mile
An entry for the Blogging A to Z in April Challenge I have a few friends who walk every day. Such a pain. I prefer my couch. But then, yesterday, I shared with one of said friends that our mayor was reinstating his Fitness Challenge of last summer to walk 100 miles in 100 days. …
L is for Lou Mitchell’s Restaurant, by Marianna Crane
Today, I'm reblogging my friend Marianna Crane's blog. Waking up to her post this morning brought back warm and wonderful memories of our time together in Chicago. One day back in the 80’s, Lois, my good friend, and I stood in line waiting to be seated at Lou Mitchell’s restaurant on Jackson Boulevard in Chicago. …
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