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Semi Colon
Three years ago today, after three days of increasingly more painful abdominal pains, I had my partner Brian take me to the emergency room at about 2:00 or so in the morning. After several hours of tests, I was admitted … Continue reading
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Tagged anesthesia, biopsy, bleeding, blockage, cancer, colon, colon cancer, Covid, diagnosis, doctor, emergency room, family, friends, heart attack, ICU, ileostomy, love, mentor, mortality, nurse, pandemic, physical therapy, stricture, sugeon, support, surgery, survivor
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On Dying and Living
Let’s start with the basics. You need death to come into your life to know about mortality. Once you accept your own mortality, then you understand you are dying. And with the knowledge of your own movement toward your final … Continue reading
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Decade
As 2019 comes to an end, it seems like a good time to look back at the last decade. While mathematically, the new decade doesn’t start until next January, it is the start of the 2020s and many, if not … Continue reading
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Filthy Director
On Sunday night I had the privilege of a seat at Madison, Wisconsin’s Broom Street Theater with a couple dozen other theater members and associates to watch a pre-screening of Filthy Theater: A Film About Joel Gersmann, a documentary about the theater’s iconic … Continue reading
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Tagged acting, art, Broom Street Theater, creativity, directing, Joel Gersmann, legacy writing, mentor, photography, plays, theater
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A Single Bluebird 