by Piper Bayard | Jun 23, 2014 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard Long ago, Holmes and I discussed the fact that we’re no good to each other dead. As we age, we have to work a little harder at that not getting dead thing than we used to. So we agreed that our bare minimum fitness requirements demand that we walk at...
by Piper Bayard | Dec 31, 2013 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard I turned fifty in 2013, and in my life, I’ve learned that growing old sucks. Small strains take months to heal, old wounds are new aches and pains, and where the young woman I was had the world for a smile, the woman I am now knows the treasures only...
by Piper Bayard | Aug 21, 2013 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard Do you ever get ticked off at the strangers around you for doing things you think are thoughtless, rude, or stupid? Yep, I do it, too. So today I’m going to fess up. I’m the one who spends three minutes balancing the grocery cart in just the right...
by Piper Bayard | May 22, 2013 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard My teenage baby had her first life setback this week in the form of a blown out knee. Physically, her path will not be a mystery. Surgery, rehab, and a new talent for predicting the weather. Emotionally, she will learn that we can’t control everything,...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 27, 2013 | Apocalypse, Life and Death
We’ve all felt it. The intense gravity of Life’s long, cold winters. The incessant pull of one bad break after another that obliterates the very memory of easy laughter. Awareness condenses to a pinpoint where tomorrows are as meaningless as...
by Piper Bayard | Nov 30, 2012 | The End is Near. . . .
Coming to a morgue near you. The 2013 Zombie Bikini Babes Calendar. The Walking Dead Bikini Calendar, image from Facebook And you thought tan lines were a problem . . . Blogs and Articles in No Particular Order Fainting Goat Traps Teen in Tree Self-Publishers...
by Piper Bayard | Oct 1, 2012 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard Someone recently asked me what I do as a Hospice volunteer, and I told her that basically, it’s my job to tell people I see their butts. Hospice is a service dedicated to providing people with the most comfortable death possible. We tend to...
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