Beeker’s Words

My mom is on some good drugs while she recovers and while on these drugs her favorite thing is to talk about is me as a child.  Besides having a thing for running around buck naked, I apparently consumed food in a strange manner.  From the time I could eat solid food until about the [...]

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I have spent the last two days at the hospital with my mother. I am so glad I came down to Richmond. I had to pull a Terms of Endearment moment during my mother’s care. I can understand that nurses are busy and that there is potential for confusion when you transfer a patient from [...]

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The weather improves. 70 degrees versus 48 degrees. 
People seem to get nicer. I can’t keep count of the sweethearts and sugars.
I recall how much I hate D.C. and Baltimore traffic.
The dogwoods and redbuds are blooming.
I can find sweet tea.
I find a station playing the Don and Mike show live. Oh, I can’t forget finding country [...]

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photo by: Ticalian 
I am driving down to Richmond, VA tomorrow. WhooHooo?? Can you feel my excitement? Going home stresses me out and I am going home to care for my mother who is having back surgery this Friday. I would not be exaggerating if I said my family makes soap operas and Danielle Steele novels [...]

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I was reading a recent article in the Economist about the efforts of Gov. Bobby Jindal. Gov. Jindal is the first governor of Indian-American decent. One of the first things he did was to call a special legislative session to address ethics standards in the state. Louisiana is well known for corrupt politicians who love [...]

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The History of Easter

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“Who is Michael?”
I ignore the question and try to follow the characters interaction.
“Who is he?”
I give the husband my best Can’t you see I am watching television and trying to keep up with what is happening? look. It doesn’t work.
“Who is Michael?”
I hit pause on my TiVo and say, “If you want to know what [...]

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So I was driving in my car and Billy Joel came on the radio. Other than Uptown Girl, I don’t really like Billy Joel, so I changed the station. Billy Joel was on that station. I changed the station again, he was on this one. I changed my station four times before I came across [...]

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photo by: dodo anji
I think precocious is the word that would best describe me as a child. I have always been an old soul and never understood why adults disregarded my opinions on matters. I think that is why I get along so well with kids now. I actually listen to their ideas and [...]

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photo by: sparktography
I was visiting my sister today and it happened to be that while we were talking the show Bridezilla came on television. This was an episode about a Texas bride. The show decided it needed to focus on a bride that lived in the country versus Dallas, Houston, or Austin. A [...]

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