As soon as I got into the hallway with the nurse she said, “You’re good to go…just some stitches;” on the exam room door I entered was my paperwork with Neg written in yellow highlighter. I had passed some rooms with the word Pos in red. I have always loved yellow highlighters...
The Second World War had recently ended and was fought and won for a just cause, the economy seemed boundless, and technologies were transforming everyday life for the good, e.g., appliances for the kitchen and laundry, dependable and safe cars, cheap consumer goods aplenty. The first presid...
You need to pay dues, room rent, buy new training gear when the old ones wear out, be able to pay for travel expenses to attend seminars and workshops,and pay for medical bills if you fall the wrong way or get hit in the head by a wayward stick. So you have to do your best at...
“Oh, would you? I could drive myself, but I might go wimpy if they take the stitches out.” “You won’t, but I’d like to be there anyway so I can be complimented on my medical prowess.” “Do you remember what we were talking about on our way down to the car on the nigh...
Lana stitches together her own experiences, which are also ours; the same things that sit with us and our daughters. Her writings are relevant to my experiences as a woman born in 1966 and to my fourteen-year-old daughter today in 2021 Aotearoa. Lana talks to us and teaches us about the...
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