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Mar.08.2008 - 10:31 pm
When he was growing up, my son, Gabe, always requested the same dinner on his birthday: lasagna and mashed potatoes. These days we skip the mashed potatoes, but still honor the...
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Feb.13.2008 - 2:51 pm
Sunrise on my wild path! Originally uploaded by denis collette
There are millions of blogs out there, and in my fascination with diaries of all kinds, I've probably...
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Feb.06.2008 - 9:49 pm
valentines day, originally uploaded by.
The day before my first surgery I took a walk on the beach where I found a red stone like the one in the photo, and knew I had to have it....
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Jan.16.2008 - 4:11 pm
Yesterday, for the first time in weeks, I got dressed in real clothes: my too-big jeans and a sweater. I put on boots and make-up. I found out what the weather was like by feeling...
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About Patry
I grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts, a city known for its legendary boxers and its once proud heritage as "the shoe city of the world." Many of my ancestors spent time laboring in the now ghostly leather factories, including my father...
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