Tag: life
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Vanishing Elders
I’m not ready for this – not that it matters. Life does what it wants, on its own time. We have to stumble along with whatever it throws at us, doing the best we can. Losing Mom in January was hard enough, of course; now her last brother is gone, too – the uncle who…
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What I’m reading: The Cartographers
Who knew maps could be so intriguing – especially with a bit of fantasy thrown in? Peng Shepherd’s The Cartographers is a wonderful twist on the rigid world of libraries and academia, weaving a decades-long mystery into a satisfying – and for me, wistful – conclusion. The main character, Nell Young, starts as lonely and…
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Make new friends, but…
Whether it’s the universe trying to tell me something, or my reticular-activating system kicking in (yay, ʼ90s Pacific Institute seminar!), I’m seeing more and more articles about the vagaries of adult friendships – all while I struggle with my own dearth of same (the IRL kind, not the numerous social media “friends” I’ve never seen…
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Winter is the cruelest month…
January reboots abound, and my Facebook Memories list is littered with resolutions made and missed. But this year is different. No, really! Hear me out. After spending nearly all of October through mid-December 2023 as 24/7 caregiver for my 84-year-old mother after emergency surgery that resulted in almost every complication you can imagine, I’ve lost…
CL Pauwels at Large 