memory Archives - Living with Scleroderma https://livingwithscleroderma.com/tag/memory/ Reflections on the Messy Complexity of Chronicity Mon, 25 Jul 2022 18:59:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 31053421 Dated https://livingwithscleroderma.com/dated/ https://livingwithscleroderma.com/dated/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:00:24 +0000 https://livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=8579

Several weeks ago, after a heavy rain, I discovered that water had seeped into our basement and damaged a couple of cardboard boxes that had been lying around for far too long. So on Sunday, Al and I finally got around to sorting through the contents, to see what, if anything, was worth salvaging. Now, […]

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As I write, Al is playing the piano. After a few bars, I recognize the tune, “Sixteen Tons,” which was written, I discover with a quick Internet search, by Merle Travis about life in Kentucky coal mines and first released by Capital Records in 1947. You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another […]

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