My grandma
My grandmother died today. She was able to bring delight to anyone she just met. She was a living window to a world very different from mine. She had an uncle she could not speak to, because he knew...
View ArticleA Lucid Visit
Yesterday I had a lucid dream of visiting my grandparents. That is, I had a dream of it, but I was aware that I was dreaming, so I could make the most of my time. Lucid dreaming requires being in the...
View ArticleSome thoughts, minutes before sleep
When I was a kid, I was pretty sick. My body hurt a lot and I was not eating enough. On Saturday afternoons Mystery Science Theatre 3000 would come on. I would prepare for this sometimes my making...
View ArticleThe Los Angeles of Dreams
My dad, my mom, my wife, and I had driven to Los Angeles. But there was a problem with the car, so we took a tour bus of the city. We had heard that if you try to drive the bus by yourself there would...
View ArticleScares
This morning we got a call that dad’s office had been broken into. We rushed over and a friend of dad’s was already there — the man who called us also called an associate to make sure no one else snuck...
View ArticleA Weird Limbo
The funeral was Friday, but burial is tomorrow. This time feels weird. Sometimes I feel “normal,” sometimes I feel terrible. For the first times I am feeling guilty for not feeling sad (up until now...
View ArticleThe End
I was the first one at my father’s burial. I drove around the small town some. I stopped for gas, drove past the city hall where my grandfather once teased an imprisoned clown, past “Presbyterian Hill”...
View ArticleA different kind of care
The good news is that the behaviors we have been seeing over the past few days continued to grow. My dad abducts his shoulders more often and becomes agitated when we leave the room. His arms are as...
View ArticleDeath and Near-Death
A cousin of mine, some years older than dad, died of a heart attack today. My girlfriend’s car was sucked under a truck “like a leaf.” Fortunately, she is OK and we are picking her up now.…
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Impressions of “The Godfather,” by Mario Puzo
The Godfather by Mario Puzo is the fictional novel that the famous movies, Godfather and Godfather, Part II were based on. Vito, Michael, Sonny and Fredo, Mama Corleone and Kate, Johnny Fontaine and...
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