118 Higher Learning

The day of Lou’s terribly depressing doctor’s appointment, Lou confided in his “boss,” Jim, about what was really up.  Jim and Henry knew about some of Lou’s health issues, and they had heard the wild story about Lou’s “bloody interview” in Miami. But here we were all over again. Lou was on the edge of […]

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119 A Dizzy Memory

When I was a little girl, my mom signed me up for swimming lessons in a town that was an hour from where we lived.  I had serious issues with my ears (remember? Toooot!), and even with specially fitted earplugs, swimming wasn’t really my thing. But the highlight of swimming lessons was that afterward, my […]

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Nanu Nanu

I’ve made a couple of trips to San Francisco recently, and on my way home, I keep thinking about the Mork from Ork rainbow suspenders I had when I was a kid. When you’re heading into San Francisco from Sonoma, there’s a quick tunnel that’s dedicated to Robin Williams. Whenever I’m going into the city, […]

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