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Birthday Blues
It’s my birthday tomorrow. My first birthday as an orphan. I’ll be spending it cleaning out my dad’s apartment, since I have to have all his belongings moved out by Sept. 30th. I don’t have any money to buy myself anything for my birthday. I’ve already spent $2,000 paying for my Dad’s burial and funeral-related expenses. We can’t afford to buy him ( Read more... ) -
Obituary for my father, Bruce R. La Plante
Bruce R. La Plante ( Read more... ) -
Poisoned Paradise
It’s the eve of the tenth anniversary of my mother’s death. I’ve just finished reading an article summarizing the findings of a new public health report studying the intimate link between environmental toxins (specifically PCBs and dioxins) and cancer rates in Wisconsin. Three zip codes in the entire state were singled out as having unusually high ( Read more... )
