Tag: DON
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The High-Desert (Week 1)
For reasons recently disclosed (and those not disclosed), I have a new assignment in what is considered the high desert. We arrived this past weekend and I received the dry air and cooler temperatures with open arms. I started the new assignment on Monday. I have added a personalized piece to my new office. It…
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Intermission II
We had to make an unexpected visit home to Texas this past week due to a loss in our immediate family. The loss has left a hole that can not ever be filled. When a life is cut short it has a unique impact on the generations above and below it, leaving a gap that…
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In a Fly-Over State
Wookie and I are settling into our new environment (and time zone). It is quite different than where we came from. It is considered the mid-west and sometimes labeled one of the fly-over states. The latter label can be considered offensive or derogatory depending on who uses it. I didn’t realize that until I did…
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Week 13 (Leaving the mountains)
We have hiked around 500 total miles here by my estimate (more than the amount of miles that I put on my car for this assignment). Funny story, the shoes that I have worn to hike all those miles actually belonged to my daughter. They are just a regular pair of athletic shoes. She left…
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Week 12 (Somewhere in the mountains)
This picture represents what we have been experiencing here this past week. Strong, sustained winds at 30 mph with gust up to 60 mph. That is sand in the picture and probably the reason that the air quality has been rated as poor. There is no escape from it, inside or outside. It makes me…
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Wookie Part 3
Wookie takes his job very seriously. He has not missed a day of work since he started going. He has an entire collection of ties (he now wears one everyday) and the staff and patients adore it. He strolls down the halls in his tie with an air of importance. The state surveyors thought he…