Monthly Archives: May 2025

Summer In The City

Posted on May 31, 2025 by Al

[Final Draft] CHAPTER EIGHTEEN – SUMMER IN THE CITY With my future employment assured in Tacoma, I turned my attention to the new experience of home ownership. Our south-facing house, in the terraced neighborhood known as The Avenues, took the … Continue reading →

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Summer in the City — iii

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Al

[First draft] With the walls painted, I rented a sander and got to work on the floor. The unwieldy contraption moved across the wood with all the finesse of a pneumatic jackhammer. The rental was for 48 hours. Two days … Continue reading →

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Summer in the City — ii

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Al

[First Draft] “Two hundred dollars for a week,” the hardware store clerk said as we walked towards the back where rentals were kept. “Of course, you could just use hot water and soak the paper off. Get it wet enough, … Continue reading →

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A Concept of a Plan?

Posted on May 20, 2025 by Al

Once again, someone is trying to rein in US health care costs, this time by somehow forcing Big Pharmaceutical to lower its prices for drugs in the US. This is not a new issue. In 1970, when I entered medical … Continue reading →

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Summer In The City — i

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Al

[First Draft] With my future employment assured in Tacoma, I turned my attention to the new experience of home ownership. Our south-facing house, in the terraced neighborhood known as The Avenues, took the full brunt of Salt Lake’s high desert … Continue reading →

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Get A Job

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Al

In March, Al decided to start looking for a job. “A real job,” he said. “The money from Kaiser’s going to run out by August, September at the latest.” A shudder bubbled through my heart as I asked, “Where?” I had another year left … Continue reading →

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All In All Is All We Are

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Al

It’s a job for him, this skiing. Every day around 8 he heads back to the garage on the alley and disappears in his yellow VW bus. He comes back at 4, 4:30. The routine is reassuring. He heads downstairs, … Continue reading →

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