Tori

I have a dear friend Brenda, whom I have known since, oh, before the glaciers melted. Brenda and her husband have a five-year-old daughter named Tori, who lives with Down’s Syndrome and some other serious challenges. Tori has just been diagnosed with leukemia, and has started on a two year course of chemotherapy. [...]

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Value for the Money

I recently acquired, at no cost to me, a previously-owned firebox for the house. I had wanted one for a while, to keep computer backups, memory sticks, and so forth protected if we have a fire or a flood. While checking to see if the lock still worked, my dear brother-in-law closed the [...]

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Majority Rules

In Andy’s case, this means that the camping trip proceeded as originally planned. Things taken: Liquid refreshment, two smaller tents rather than one bigger tent (because why would you want to take the one that you already knew how to put up? ), a rain jacket (under duress), and an electric griddle [...]

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