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{Re}anneal
A few years ago, my mom and I visited Seattle to see my nephew, his wife, and my great niece. While we were there we wanted to take in a few of the sites. It was the first time my mom had visited and we wanted to see…
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{Re}markable
Remarkable means worthy of being or likely to be noticed especially as being uncommon or extraordinary. Today marks the end of nine months of this blog. I find that both uncommon and extraordinary. I’ve discovered that…
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{Re}st
Most computational neuroscientists tend to estimate human storage capacity somewhere between 10 terabytes and 100 terabytes, though the full spectrum of guesses ranges from 1 terabyte to 2.5 petabytes. (One terabyte is…
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{Re}broadcast
When I was a little girl, I loved to call my grandmother. But I couldn’t call her on Saturday nights from 6 to 7 p.m. That was when the Lawrence Welk Show was on and she loved to watch this show. She loved the dancing.…
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{Re}born
I once saw a sculpture by Dean Kermit Allison. It was sculpted from glass and bronze. A new glass man was coming out of a bronze torso and feet. It was titled, Reborn. I remember being struck by its beauty that day at…
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{Re}admit
This is an extrapolation of the word admit, which means to concede as true or valid. I have to concede as true or valid that I have to get fit again. I have to readmit. I have a bunch of excuses. Stress. A shoulder…
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{Re}member
Today would be my dad’s 79th birthday. He died in 2002 following a battle with cancer. Seventeen years seems like yesterday and like forever, all at the same time. He was fun loving and funny. The best dad. I remember…
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{Re}circulate
As you know, I’m staying with my mom while she recuperates from knee replacement surgey. This is a repeat of what we did about nine months ago. To help keep the swelling down we’re using an “ice” machine that circulates…
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{Re}active
Reactive is a ready response to a stimulus. There are some things we want to be reactive to and others we do not. Sneezing is a reaction — your body is being reactive to the stimulus of an allergen or other foreign…