Author: Herb
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Today’s the Day
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*Comes tripping lightly onto scene, endless smiles, grins, etc.* Today’s the day! *does a little jig.* Today is really the day that Savannah is supposed to come home from the hospital! Woo-hoo! It’s supposed to be late this afternoon. Isabel and Ben had training yesterday on using the heart monitor…
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This and That
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Ben and Isabel were here and Savannah has a new doctor. He was (maybe still is) the partner of the one we had for all of our kids. He went up there and started talking to the nurses. “Why is this baby still here?” “She has been de-statting and her…
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Eat, Drink and Be Merry
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First of all, Savannah is 5 lbs 1 oz! Hooah! Except that now she has a cold and is anemic. The cold will definitely keep her in the hospital until Friday and the anemia may provoke the need for a blood transfusion. I would say, “Aaaaaarrrrrrrggggggghhhhhh” but Ben and Isabel…
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And A Happy Birthday
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Here is how my birthday went yesterday. As you may have been able to tell from yesterday’s entry, I was feeling a little down in the mouth. By the end of the day I was feeling much better. I guess I will start with my Sunday School class. We were…
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An Article I Liked And Happy Birthday To Me
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My 45th Birthday today. Thanks. It is depressing sometimes to think that Poe had done his copious body of work along with editing magazines and writing articles on poetry that are still read today and been dead 5 years by my age. Savannah is 4 lbs 11 oz. She may…
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Which Books Should Be Banned?
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I just finished re-reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury for the unknownth time again. I like Bradbury. If you have never read any of his stuff, pick it up. He has many great books; Dandelion Wine is a magical book, The Martial Chronicles, The Golden Apples of the Sun, The…
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Baby Hogs And Other Critters
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4 lbs 9 oz. We went up and held her today. I should probably say I held her since I was hogging her for most of the time. I couldn’t help it. She’s so little and holdable and I was wearing my flannel shirt which she snuggled right into and…