From the monthly archives:

August 2006

Alcoholism, knowledge, and awareness

August 24, 2006

Knowledge resides in my brain. I can mentally know something, I can comprehend the facts, etc.
Awareness is different. Some ways I can put my finger on this – but still this isn’t quite right – is I know something in my heart or to the depths of my soul.
For most of the years I drank [...]

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The Quincy Bar

August 19, 2006

The Quincy bar. Right on Main street. A real-alcoholic refuge – a single door that opens onto the sidewalk and no windows anywhere. Perfect. If you were to go inside you wouldn’t know if it is day or night. No one can see that you are inside and, just as important, you can forget that [...]

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New Tires

August 7, 2006

I spend a lot of time taking my compact economy car to places where it would be better to be driving a four wheel drive SUV. I am a biologist and I do a lot of fieldwork, with my preference being to work in remote places. For the last few weeks I have needed to [...]

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