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Vacations
I’ve been home from Boston about 24 hours and have begun to assume the mantle of my daily life in Benton Harbor. It’s a comfortable life: we have more money than month; we’re entering the most gorgeous time of the
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FrankenSteinway
You’ve heard of them: the leaders in the piano world. Steinway, Baldwin, Yamaha, Kawai. And, if you got the money, Bosendorfer. You’ve heard of the second tier: Everett, Essex, and Celviano. Maybe others too.
But if you’ve ever heard or
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I Am Not Alone
We are Costco members who have the top tier credit card. It’s a Visa that is honored at other establishments besides Costco. And every time we use it – which is often – we get a rebate that accumulates over
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Cutting to the Chase
You’ve all had experiences when you called a major company and gotten into the automated queue where Robot Voice first suggests we go online to resolve our issue. Believe me, if I thought my question was that easy to solve,
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Drive-by Goodbye
I was talking with C. yesterday; his week included what I call a drive-by goodbye from a client he’d had for over four years. This client sent him a text that her firm had hired someone else for their online
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Ziosk is Here
I don’t know about you, but I avoid restaurants that have a little computer on the table and expect you to order from it. Or play games, for a fee, while you’re waiting for your cocktail. In fact, I’ve refused
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Routine
It’s been only four days, but already the routine with Liam is well-established. I show up at 3:30 every afternoon and change into a purple hospital gown. Fortunately I like purple.
Then four people – Are they technicians,
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Naming the Big Guy
“What is the name of this giant machine,” I asked as Dave, Erica, and two others escorted me into the therapy room for Day Two.
“It’s a linear accelerator,” Dave said. And, of course, that didn’t really explain
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Radiation 101
This afternoon I had my first radiation session, and I realized as I walked into the room with the radiation machine that I had no idea what to expect.
Sure, I’d read radiation is a localized approach to eliminating
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Off the Grid
For years the first thing I did upon waking was visit my computer to see what had transpired over the night. Were there personnel problems at the company I worked for? Were there banking issues? Was someone trying to reach
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