Monthly Archives: October 2008

Wake-up Call

Posted on October 23, 2008 by

He didn’t hear his Blackberry alarm at 8 am. It wasn’t supposed to be an invasive sound, like a regular alarm clock, because he was usually semi-awake by the time the morning light introduced itself to his eyelids through the … Continue reading →

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Fear Of Foreign Hospitals?

Posted on October 8, 2008 by

It was one of those dreaded ‘middle of the night’ phone calls: “Can you come to the hospital with me?”. He’d had a major heart attack a year earlier and was currently experiencing familiar symptoms. I hailed a cab outside … Continue reading →

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Fancy Foreign Wrap

Posted on October 7, 2008 by

My therapist, believing that I might be interested in dating, asked me what I thought of Argentine men. I don’t like them any more or any less than any other kind of man I told her. But, I said, if … Continue reading →

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