Friday 12 June 2026 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death The Devil Wears Prada. Catch-22. The Year of Magical Thinking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. […]
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Friday 29 May 2026 For thirty years—nearly 11,000 days—I had been dreaming and talking about visiting Barcelona, Spain simply for Antoni Gaudí. He is one of my most beloved artists. Why did I postpone going? Why would I substitute Barcelona with other international destinations, deluding myself by saying: “Next time.” So finally; I went!
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Friday 22 May 2015 When I first embraced my post-surgery, heart-shaped therapeutic pillow, I wondered: “Did I have a teddy bear when I was a child? —probably not—I can’t remember!” Why? That question was the first one I thought of while hugging it. Without it, coughing would have been more painful. One of the worst
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15 May 2026 Today marks my one-year anniversary of a life-changing experience. Since this morning, I have been reminiscing about what I was doing this time last year. During the lead-up to 15 May 2025, I didn’t have “blank page syndrome.” I wasn’t struck by another case of “writer’s block.” I wasn’t experiencing a “mid-life
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Friday 08 May 2026 Why didn’t I say: “Goodbye. I’ll return when I can”? Why didn’t I say: “I need to pause writing my weekly blogs because….” I didn’t anticipate my hiatus from this blog site lasting a full year; I thought no longer than four months. Looking through my Spring 2025 blogs, I realize
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Tuesday 01 April 2025 Just Go! This mantra has become my rallying cry; even my wife has begun to declare this shibboleth. And why not? If you can go, stop waiting. If you can’t go, go anyway. The etymology of “to wait” reveals: c. 1200, waiten, “to watch with hostile intent, lie in wait for,
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Tuesday 11 March 2025 Bucket Lists sound so morbid, exuding fumes of death; after all, the two characters in Rob Reiner’s 2007 film, The Bucket List, written by Justin Zackham and based on his own “List of Things to do Before I Kick the Bucket”, which he shortened to “Justin’s Bucket List,” die before being
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Tuesday 04 March 2025 During the past two years, the thoughts of travelling more and of experiencing more adventures and of assigning more time to create those memories not only have enthralled me—bewitching me—but also have redefined my life’s purpose. I wouldn’t call what I am feeling as a “mid-life crisis.” No, I am not
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Tuesday 25 February 2025 “If there is any kind of memorial… a single flower, photograph… anything, then that’s the point. If there isn’t a single thing, then that’s the point, too. I’m like an investigative reporter. I need to know either way,” I explained to my wife. “I might be too late to see if
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Tuesday 18 February 2025 Where to begin? What should I write today? The past week, my mind has been made to feel dizzy by writing subject ideas. The problem: choosing one topic over another one. All are equally good. Hence, the procrastination. This past Sunday was an important day of commemoration for me. On 16
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