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Cleanse ye your eyes, so that ye behold no man 
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See ye no strangers; rather see all men as friends, 
 
for love and unity come hard 
 when ye fix your gaze on otherness. ~Baha'i

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Dancing with Big D

October 23, 2023 ~ Rising Over the Smoke ~ Leave a comment

================== Oh, the ironies of living! A couple of weeks after I wrote this a test ordered by my oncologist informed me that I now have metastatic breast cancer. Six years to the month after I thought I'd whomped the beast with surgery and radiation. Still, the basics are the same so here's the post. … Continue reading Dancing with Big D

A hospital stay for my birthday!

April 18, 2018 ~ Rising Over the Smoke ~ 3 Comments

As I start each new decade in life I have asked myself, “Am I grown up yet?” … And back has come the response, “When I grow up I want to [insert one adventurous goal or another]. So okay, I guess the answer could be Not Yet.  This year's birthday, though, brought me up sharp … Continue reading A hospital stay for my birthday!

Oh tubby me — oh!

June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 ~ Rising Over the Smoke ~ Leave a comment

The tune for this blog name goes along with the fine and impressive aria O sole mio. As a token of my appreciation of the new ear worm in my head, I give you, for three minutes and twenty one seconds, Signor Luciano Pavarotti, no twiggy build himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_mLFHLSULw My unexpected area of focus on … Continue reading Oh tubby me — oh!

In which I encounter a new disease, and Elf does, too

May 30, 2017May 30, 2017 ~ Rising Over the Smoke ~ 5 Comments

These things I am about to explain would be happening during the Merry Month of May… While all has been quiet this past month on the blog, much has been happening in my life.  Things not so easy to bring into words from those nonverbal spaces in my mind where hidden fears encounter my normal … Continue reading In which I encounter a new disease, and Elf does, too

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