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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)
Funeral Service for Betty J. Poltrack
Casket for Betty J. Poltrack Apr 27 1921 – Jan 9, 2024 A funeral service…
Betty J Poltrack – Obituary
My Mom wrote her own obituary. She was a practical woman who knew how to…
Betty J Poltrack
Betty J. Poltrack died peacefully at home surrounded by family on January 9, 2024
New Year’s Day 2024
It’s been a rough patch for the Poltrack family. We lost our cousin Lisa in…
New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve is not my favorite holiday. However I did celebrate by shooting off…
On This Day – Post Christmas
On This Day, a daily journal entry for December 28, 2023. Paper airplanes, Throwback Thursday…
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.