Dance Of The Mayflies
Coping with impermanence and helping others persevere through their own mounting frailties, is one of the main missions of being human.
READ MORE..Life In A Montage
Post-stroke; living in that 60 second movie healing montage that actually takes years.
My Most Rebellious Organ
The surgeon flipped through cross-sectional slices of my own brain, like so much luncheon meat. A shaman reading portents in animal giblets, explaining the signs in my head-spam.
READ MORE..Let’s see..
Most things of true value in a human life are leaps of faith – in others or ourselves – and can’t be achieved by thinking like an accountant.
READ MORE..thoughts from the porch
I’m still grateful for my second chance at LIFE. I’ve not yet forgotten how lucky I am to be above the grass, and I hope I never do.
READ MORE..Life in the Lean-to
The most recent victim of the Baker family curse was my poor Dad, in mid 2018, and his stroke was much more massive than my own.
READ MORE..Happy Birthday, Dad!
I couldn’t get back to Australia to celebrate with my family today, but sent this card to mark the completion of Dad’s 80th trip around the sun.
READ MORE..Mary Poppins Returns
Today is the sixth anniversary of the day I almost left this mortal coil. Ever since, December 26th has become my own personal day of thanksgiving, where I count myself lucky to be here at all. This year I’d like to write about the landmark year of 2016, when I worked on “MARY POPPINS RETURNS” … Read more
my personal thanksgiving
On December 26th 2012 at about 11am, I started to slip away as my brain and body both began to gradually shut down.
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