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You get the sense that it’s possible simply to go through life noticing things and writing them down and that this is OK, it’s worth doing. That the seemingly insignificant things that most of us spend our days noticing are really significant, have meaning, and tell us something.

Joan Didion – The Paris Review Interview (2006)
USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)

Sodium Cyclamate

Too much fruit punch? Causing trouble in the Navy I was given advice about not…

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John Poltrack in car with bandaged nose and ear

My Third MOHS Surgery

Frederic Edward Mohs was an American physician and general surgeon who developed the Mohs micrographic…

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Riding High in 1947

My Bronzed Shoe

I spent most of my early days barefooting around. Later when I did have shoes,…
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2 thoughts on “Home”

  1. Oh John. The maintenance of the body gets so time consuming the older one gets. The good old days of being young and not wondering which damn doctor’s appointment you should make to deal with yet another malfunction of the aging body.
    Love the Joan Didion quote – her books have been very helpful to me

  2. I put in a request for a Joan Didion book at the library. I believe it was about paying attention. As you can see I didn’t even pay attention to the title, so I know it will helpful for me.

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