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Tag: ashes

As Some Things Come to a Close

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| Patrick, Patrick's Family, Reflections

As in life, death’s tasks appear unending, a long scroll seeming to loop back on itself yet eventually winding down to nothing. As I tackle the many items on the checklist, ticking off each action, trivial or major, a glimmer of finality peeks through, like pinholes of light in a player piano’s roll. Yes, the […]

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Friday and Saturday Update

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| E-mail to Family, Patrick

I always say these letters are short summaries, yet they are never short, nor do they sufficiently summarize. Still, I shall try again. Yesterday (Friday the 28th) was a full day. Carol deposited me at Patrick’s apartment just as the clock rolled over to this milestone on the calendar, but I didn’t get to sleep […]

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Ashes

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| First Timer Visitors, Letters, Stories and Publications

A story Patrick sent to me on 13 March 2015. In the kitchen preparing breakfast I have bacon on medium heat, abiding by Steinbeck’s advice to cook it slowly, a couple of eggs at the ready, abiding by my own rule never to put eggs in the refrigerator, and humming to myself to cover the […]

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