Good-bye, Maggie
As most will know by now, my mom, Maggie Choate, died yesterday in the late afternoon. I posted the information on her CaringBridge site and then on social media. For…
Tara Choate Third background technique
I had a blog post all planned about how staying home and taking care of Mom was turning out to be good painting time. And I was going to show…
Happy Art-a-Days
It’s been more than a month since I posted about anything art related. Sorry. It’s been busy and I think I have a pretty good excuse. As things have settled…
Healthy Steps – Weeks 49 &50
I weighted in on Wednesday as was up 2.8 pounds. This is not shocking, but it does mean that I am yo-yoing a bit. Again, not shocking. This week is…
Deserving
The last few days have been tough. Mom fell on Sunday morning and call for me for an hour before I heard her (it was early morning and I was…
Random Notes about Hospice
1. Morphine is not living up to the hype. As a “Generation X”er, I am sure that most of my colleagues remember sitting in health class and being told terrible…
Healthy Steps – Week 48
This week I weighed in at my normal at work meeting. It is so wonderful to type the word “normal” and to really feel like something close to that is…
Healthy Steps – Weeks 46 & 47
So, in all this drama, what am I doing about my goal of taking healthy steps. Well, actually, I’d like to report some progress. It’s all non-scale victories. I’m back…
Where’s a saber tooth tiger when you need one?
Today it has become clear to me that humans were not meant to live a long time. We were meant to be killed and eaten in our prime by a…