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Lady Lazarus
The online life of the original mommy blogger
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Ah, what a trifle is a heart, If once into love's hands it come
When it comes to the nervous system, there are voluntary and involuntary parts. We can reach out and grab something, or decide to walk from here to…
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Oh yeah, life goes on...
In residency one of our teachers, George Vaillant, used to tell us that our job as residents and inexperienced 25 year-olds was to learn the wisdom of…
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When I consider how my light is spent
When I write these posts I do a search for poems and songs that reflect the overall mood, that becomes the title and the soundtrack above and beneath…
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Whose high endeavors are an inward light that makes the path before him always bright
Last week I tried to dig in on the dark part of being struck down with a mysterious chronic illness (just low grade fevers and fatigue, that’s it) for…
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Memento Mori
I have a good memory for stories. Your sister’s friend’s boyfriend won the lottery, or your husband left his work to become a king crab fisherman. You…
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Lens Flare
I was diagnosed nearsighted when I was eleven. Contacts a little after 16. My vision was so bad that I didn’t have an alarm clock because I couldn’t…
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