New Blog

The second anniversary of Mary Elizabeth’s stroke was yesterday, and I meant to post something, but as you all know I’ve been busy compiling and writing a longer version of this blog with the aim of publishing it at some point.

Knowing and Not Knowing

That title sounds like a philosophy course but perhaps I’m feeling philosophical because I had dinner tonight with Michael, who’s writing a paper right now on John Locke. At any rate, “knowing and not knowing ” pretty much sums up my life right now. It struck me today that each time I walk up the 200-year old steps…

Quiet End to 2009

Today was another quiet day for Mary Elizabeth.  Although the nurses said she was responsive earlier in the day, I wasn’t able to get any reaction from her.  She was far from sleepy however, spending most of the time I was there moving her left arm around, and attempting to free herself from some of the…