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AK Reader, E-Book (posted as a series) BWIWD: Interlude (again), From My Journal

Note: BWIWD = Back When I Was Dying. See previous posts December 9 through 11.   Interlude (again): From My Journal   October 27, 2008 Amos Joel, my father-in-law, died just past midnight two days ago, five and a half years after the death of his son Jeff. Back then, when I called to tell […]

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AK Reader, E-Book (posted as a series) BWIWD: Chapter Five, THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF MY DISCOVERY, Part 1

Note: BWIWD = Back When I Was Dying. See previous posts December 9-11.   Chapter Five THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF MY DISCOVERY, Part 1   I had just discovered that I didn’t want to “save my life.” And this surprised me. Not intrinsically: I was fine with it. But sociologically, I knew better. And frankly, […]

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AK Reader, E-Book (posted as a series) BWIWD: Interlude, From My Journal

Note: BWIWD = Back When I Was Dying. See previous posts December 9 and 10. Interlude: From My Journal 7/08/08 It’s been nearly two months since I began to document April’s intense three-day journey. Each time I sit down to write a fog descends. I’m sleepy, dopey, as if the amnesia is still trying to […]

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