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Entries from September 18th, 2009

Freedom’s echoes: An afternoon visit with my dad

September 18th, 2009 · 12 Comments · Aging & dementia

Another day, another visit. I stopped yesterday afternoon to visit with my dad after skipping a couple of days. He’s been confined to a Honolulu nursing home since late 2008, suffering from a combination of dementia, Alzheimers, and less serious physical ailments. He will be 96 on December 7. There are good days and bad [...]

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90 pounds of fun and other feline moments

September 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Cats, Photographs

And that’s not all of them! Harriet and Ms. Annie were both missing when the food went down on this evening. In any case, it’s Feline Friday once again, although only a modest one since my camera seems to have fixated on the sunrises this past week and strayed towards the cats only a few [...]

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Yale case shows strength of local reporting, New York Review on directions in news, newspapers again a hot investment

September 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Media

I received this note from retired Star-Bulletin business writer Russ Lynch: The New Haven Register seems to provide a pretty good example of the extra info you can get from checking out a local newspaper when there’s an event in its area attracting national attention. Nothing particular new today, but I regret not checking it [...]

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