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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)
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On This Day – Stormy Weather
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On This Day – Medicare Wellness Exam
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On This Day – Christmas Shopping
On this day, a daily journal entry for December 14, 2023. Christmas shopping for “consumables”…
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
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.