Photowalking

Didn’t get me out of my slump, but I did find some beautiful gladiolas.

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The best part of summer?

Fresh tomatoes!
I planted a large variety of indeterminate tomatoes this year, several heirloom varieties so that I can start them from seed next year. Of all the vegetables that I grow and prefer out of my garden, nothing compares as much as a fresh garden tomato. So, I would love to introduce you [...]

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Creativity, gone

I’m feeling in such a rut, I’m not sure if it is the result of everything that is going on in my life zapping all I have left or what, but I’m left with…well…nothing.

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Vampires? What vampires?

None around here during garlic harvesting time. Well, unless you have read The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer and know that the garlic rumors are nothing more than just rumors.
All of my garlic is up out of the beds and all but one bulb is itty bitty. I know some of the cloves [...]

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It’s not a job, it’s a way of life

I learned today just how true that is once you catch the EMS bug.
I have been juggling too many balls to keep them all in the air and something had to go. There was nothing on the “things I don’t like doing” list that was allowed to go (I tried hard to justify housework, [...]

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Lessons From My Patients

I knew going into healthcare that I would always be learning. New equipment, new tests, new diseases, new treatments, new classes to take. I’ve always said that I could be a wonderful perpetual student and that is part of why I chose healthcare (or why healthcare chose me)
What I didn’t realize is how [...]

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Can’t sleep and I think I know why

I’m not positive yet, so I’m not going to say definitively, but I have to say something to someone. Since I know there are lots of someones (yes, said with heavy sarcasm) who read here I’m going to not mention it here.
I have several ways that I identify myself. Some of them are [...]

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Her ears speak

The Informer has been wanting her ears pierced for a long time. It’s amazing how these things happen with younger kids so much earlier.
We’ve told her ‘when you go into Kindergarten’ for a long time now and well, it’s here. She’ll be able to change the earrings out on her birthday.

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On Death and Dying

It seems that things come in waves. Right now, it is death and dying in all of it’s forms.
From the elderly who are slowly shutting down system by system and are prepared to join the grandchild, daughter, and two wives that have preceded him in death to a patient who is fighting with every [...]

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Sorry no pictures

Make sure you are sitting for this news.
I’ve been too busy to get out shooting.
I know, it’s horrible isn’t it? I am less busy than I was while school was going on but I have less time when I’m thinking “I need to do something for me before I implode” Things are settling [...]

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