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Bottled Up Thoughts

Dears, I take a break this morning from your regularly scheduled Brain in a Jar to share what goes on inside the mind of a Mermaid in a Bottle. In an effort to be healthier and return to my watery roots, I joined the master’s swim team at the YMCA. Not only is being in…

Walk a Mile in Our Shoes

Dears, Hard to believe that two years ago, when I participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, Beau was still walking. Shortly thereafter, though, he entered Juniper Memory Care, where he endured Alzheimer’s with grace and humor as his motor and cognitive skills began their steep decline. His suffering ended on April 2, 2102. I…

Milk-Beau

Dears, We have a new puppy, half black lab/half Bernese Mountain dog, and his name is Clifford “Kip” Beauregard Nicholls. He is a big, sweet, awkward beast. A true Bercaw, who even eats laying down. One of my father’s favorite sayings was: why stand if you can sit, why sit if you can lie…