We Never Forget

A couple summers back I visited my friend in Michigan. She lives near Detroit and in the midst of the Big Three: Henry Ford world headquarters in Dearborn, GMC headquarters in Detroit, and Chrysler Headquarters in Auburn. Here is map to get the lay of the land. Greenfield village is known as “The Village” at […]

Space to breathe

Space to breathe (a draft) Moments shift you Wake you – to become more of you, the you, you haven’t met, yet, soon to be —————————————————- The force: my bottom lifts off the seat, knees hit like a bell swings, I sink, to the floor behind my friend in the driver’s seat —————————————————- I look […]

Good graces

Such good graces that fall upon us –  My MN CF provider said today: “Throughout this last year, we have had only one or two CF patients in house at a time, maybe. The inpatient coordinator has had to find something else to do . . . tasks . . . We have never had […]

A fitting response

This week I kept thinking about Lloyd Bitzer’s “The Rhetorical Situation.” Who is he and what is the rhetorical situation? Loyd Bitzer’s “is regarded as ‘one of the most respected rhetoricians of the latter half of the twentieth century,” and his piece “The Rhetocial Situation” is the ‘single most influential piece by a rhetorical scholar […]

I will gladly pay you on Tuesday

This week I had to accomplish two gigantic things – I had to get two of my medications. Pausing – I am working on my approach. I try to be proactive. However there are time constraints and limitations; the insurance companies will not fill or process in advance. I still need to work on my […]