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THE CARE & FEEDING OF YOU – FINAL TALE FROM THE NURSING HOME

The Icarian Posted on June 7, 2026 by adminJune 7, 2026

THE CARE & FEEDING OF YOU. FINAL TALE FROM THE NURSING HOME By Karen Strickholm 03/21/2026 Critical Illness can turn one into a human potato! Drugs. Pain. Fatigue. Low stimulation. Low movement. Activities? We do have a weekly visit from … Continue reading →

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  • James Cudziol - Artist/Painter. Buy his art.
  • Ivan Goldman - Author. Buy his books.
  • Paul Horn - Artist/Cartoonist/Author (Not The Jazz Guy). Buy his stuff.
  • Llewellyn Ludlow - Artist/Surfer. Buy his art.
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Previously

  • 50 Books I Read After Watching “The American Revolution” Documentary June 30, 2026
  • Harry Partch – The Outsider Who Refused To Come In June 23, 2026
  • America Getting Screwed By The Screwworm June 18, 2026
  • THE CARE & FEEDING OF YOU – FINAL TALE FROM THE NURSING HOME June 7, 2026
  • THAT NDE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE & ME June 7, 2026
  • Diné Culture YÁ’ÁT’ÉÉH, PEOPLE June 6, 2026
  • CHAPTER THREE. MEDICAL CRASH AND BURN June 6, 2026
  • Emotional Support Chickens, Theft! Cluck Yeah, A NURSING HOME TALE June 6, 2026
  • MATT & ANTHONY A NURSING HOME TALE June 6, 2026
  • MARIA & WHY, A NURSING HOME TALE June 6, 2026
  • THE NURSING HOME CONFESSIONAL, A NURSING HOME TALE June 6, 2026
  • STILL HERE! A NURSING HOME TALE June 5, 2026
  • Dying… Or Not. How People Die. Better Days June 5, 2026
  • Made It Through Long Covid-19! A Bed In Roswell June 5, 2026
  • Death On The Covid-19 Quarantine Ward, El Paso – 2020-08-25 June 4, 2026
  • COVID-19 In El Paso The Plague 08/02/20 June 4, 2026
  • Karen Strickholm: A Will To Live When Health Issues Take Everything June 4, 2026
  • Martin Robison Delany: An Extraordinary, Sometimes Contradictory, Figure May 24, 2026
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe – Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Books That Killed Their Authors May 24, 2026
  • The Dog: Childhood Trauma And Our Nation’s Government Sponsored Cruelty May 11, 2026
  • The Dubious Triumph Of Perception As Reality April 27, 2026
  • Honoré de Balzac On Coffee – A Terrible And Cruel Method February 19, 2026
  • Miller And Goebbels: A One-Sided Love Story October 29, 2025
  • The Coming Subprime Car Loan Collapse October 17, 2025
  • Martial Law Would End America As We Know It October 16, 2025

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Changes this week in the TOS/privacy policy landscape.
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Trump can rage post all he likes, his options for interfering with NY’s pied-à-terre tax are extremely limited.
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19 August 2026 @ 3:51 pm

Just got approval from NJ for Minimum Competence’s first CLE — which also opens it up to some PA and NY attorneys. 1 credit, totally free. Future offerings will be paid. Feedback welcome.
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18 August 2026 @ 1:46 am

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