by PJColando | Sep 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
I was working my network to be a back-up singer for John Mellencamp, another Hoosier transplant to crazy California, in 2005. I was giving it my best shot when it hit me: a cancer diagnosis on this date, that year. ‘Twenty feet from stardom” was not going...
by PJColando | Sep 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
One of my friends has an ulcer, a condition now known to be a disease. She’s on a medication that brings relief and cure; back in the day, it was diet-controlled 100%. I know because my family endured the dietary constraints of my father’s ulcer treatment:...
by PJColando | Sep 23, 2013 | In the Pink
I’ve just returned from an echocardiogram appointment. The results were reassuring; especially because I am almost exactly one year older than my dad was when he had his first pacemaker installed. My dad died of a broken heart in 2008. The young technician was...
by PJColando | Sep 17, 2013 | Purpose
I began a new exercise class this summer: Pilates Mat. The plan: to develop my core muscles without injury to ankles or knees, as sometimes induced by yoga poses, to foster good posture and to ease back injuries. Besides I already had a mat. As I looked among the...
by PJColando | Sep 16, 2013 | Purpose
I have an awesome internal clock. It’s wowed family, friends, and strangers unerringly for years. I could have won sucker bets in bars if I chose. I ascribe it to 40 years of being a speech-language pathologist, where life is regimented into clinical sessions...
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