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As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money.
Audacious
Here’s the big picture, the 30,000-foot view — The goal of JDRF and others involved in research into curing Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is to restore the body’s own ability to make and deliver insulin. […]
Noggin Boy
Oh, she says, I forgot to mention that I received an email from the Kansas City chapter of Project Linus. They need 7,000 quilts in the next four weeks. We’re going to do this! Wait, […]
Bib #1451
Miles (bib #1451) ran a 5k this morning in 29 minutes 9 seconds. The photo is at about the halfway mark. This 5k is in memory of a 10-year-old boy who died of leukemia. The […]
Artificial Intelligence
Since their diagnosis with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Oliver and Stella have benefited from previous research. Medical technology produced an insulin pump that automates some of the tasks a person with T1D must deal with […]
Lesson in a Blue Cap
We have supported the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) since Oliver’s diagnosis in 2010. Shortly after that first walk, I wrote the piece printed below. I dust off this article every year as it is […]
Whiz Kid Quiz
Oliver and Stella, like other children with type 1 diabetes, have to test their blood glucose levels like a nurse, carefully consider food options like a dietitian, and calculate carbs per unit of insulin like […]
Q3 report on charity quilting
Judi and I decided to do Christmas in July when we realized that we had three 16x22x11-inch totes and two 16x22x6-inch totes filled with Christmas fabric–most of it received as donations. Well, July stretched into […]
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"We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it."
Wendell Berry, The Long-Legged House