11 June 2009

No Choice But From the Heart

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It's funny how when you don't think you're doing anything particularly well, you get praise. Or thanks. I'm having fun tea...
09 June 2009

Sidestepping Obsession

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I've been keeping busy in an attempt to think as little as possible about my upcoming surgery. Yet today it seemed that everything I di...
08 June 2009

Allegro

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So tired right now. Kind of giddy, but tired nonetheless. This giddiness started yesterday, during my bike ride. Part of it came from simply...
07 June 2009

Down to the Last Month

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My surgery is scheduled for exactly one month--yes, thirty days--from today. My final month as...what? A man? I haven't thought of mys...
06 June 2009

Meeting During the Last and First Days

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Yesterday I mailed cashier's checks for my balances with Dr. Bowers and the hospital in which she practices, Mount San Rafael. After wha...
04 June 2009

The Doctor's Not Getting Paid Today

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Today I went to the bank so I could buy a cashier's check for the remainder of my surgery cost. Well, I was feeling excited, and my hear...
03 June 2009

On My Way

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The record-keeping department at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center sent my EKG to Dr. Bowers--finally! Jamie, who has worked at C-L for ...
02 June 2009

Hearing My "Secret"

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The other day, I was returning home from a bike ride. It wasn't a long ride--about 30 miles or so--but through most of it, a rather stif...
01 June 2009

The Last Course And Sleep

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So...This was the first day of the summer session--and of the final course I'll be teaching before my surgery. It's called "Un...
31 May 2009

Sensing That I'll Soon Be Leaving (for my surgery)

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So...One month and one week until my surgery. Two units of time that aren't hard to fathom: How many things in our lives are done weekl...
30 May 2009

A Journey and a Language

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A quiet day today. I slept until almost 1:00 this afternoon; I can't remember the last time I did that when I wasn't jet-lagged. And...
29 May 2009

Graduations

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Today: College commencement. Some of the graduates were students of mine, whether during the semester that just ended or in earlier ones. Af...
28 May 2009

Forty Days, Beginning With Graduation

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Forty days. That's how much time stands between me and my surgery. Forty days and forty nights. A rather fine, if chilly, mist wrapped i...
27 May 2009

On My Way To A Gynecologist

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Well, at least my father seems to be getting help now. As a result, my mother is so much calmer than she was the other day. I don't know...
26 May 2009

Playing Chicken With a Rainstorm

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Today I took another ride up to the George Washington Bridge, then down River Road through Bergen and Hudson counties to the Jersey City wat...
25 May 2009

It Continues On Memorial Day

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Around noon, I went out for a bike ride. How couldn't I?: The day was gorgeous and I was going to a barbeque at Millie's, where I ex...