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Ten years ago this month—on Tuesday, May 19th, 2015—I underwent spinal fusion surgery. It was the second major surgery of my life. The first had come nearly a decade earlier, in late 2006, when I had an emergency appendectomy. That experience was frightening, sudden,...

Fluctuating weight has been an issue for me over the past ten-plus years. If you know me and see me often, you might think this is an April Fool’s joke as I write this on April 1st, 2025. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t look overweight. In fact, I never...

No more snow! No more snow! As I chant these words to myself in a half-hearted command, I picture the dirty, slushy snow and salty ice melt that had taken over my sidewalk, driveway, and car these past few months. It all started in January when we were supposed to...