Tag: death

Anniversaries

Recently passed the anniversary of my father’s death. And like I’ve seen several people do in the last few days, I was tempted to post a picture of…

Dad

My father died on January 5. It’s a horrible thing to contemplate. It’s a macabre thing to discuss with the doctors. And it is without a doubt, the…

Dad

David “Chunky” Calder June 1, 1940–January 5, 2010

T. Neil Calder: October 23, 1952 – November 1, 2009

ending

My uncle is dying. He’s a good man. I’ve often said he’s the white sheep of the family. But I don’t really have much I want to say…

Death and Dying and Really Good Drugs

I’ve been thinking the last few days about hospitals and doctors and mortality and all that. It kind of freaked me out, and surprised me when I realized…

Death, Taxes, and Moving

no more fun

I no longer have a ten foot long hole in my wall. So I got that going for me. (Plumbing that doesn’t leak: Good. Cat locked in bathroom…

Dead.

I am… …really disturbed. There’s a bad series of events rising. The news of the past week has been depressing enough. But reading the paper today casts a…