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CONTENTS preface / xi Introduction / 1 No Saints around Here / 29 Together / 32 Red Flag in the Mailbox / 35 His Cold, My Cold / 38 Let Me Count the Ways / 42 Failing Battery / 47 Sleeping with a Wombat / 49 Stuff, Stuff, Stuff / 53 Overloaded / 57 The Nursing Home on the Hill / 59 Teeth Torture Time / 65 Time on the Tundra / 69 How Is James? / 72 Priorities: Blue Jeans / 76 Smiling under Water / 78 Beige Lies, Pink Lies, Purple Lies / 81 A Very Short Tooth Tale / 85 Hanging On / 86 Absent Friends / 88 No Skipping to the Last Page / 98 My Adventures with Gentlemen’s Pads / 103 The Voice in the Bathroom Cupboard / 111 Just a Minute! / 113 At the Foot of the Roller Coaster / 116 Gravy / 123 Home, Alone / 128 Through the Hospice Door / 132 Time, Again / 136 Off the Balance Beam / 138 Whatcha Know, Joe? / 140 Obsessions / 143 The Last Christmas / 149 Silver Anniversary / 156 [44.204.99.5] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 07:45 GMT) The Net Is Larger Than You Imagine / 159 An Unexpected Corner of My Net / 164 The Long Passage / 170 Census Day / 176 Living in a Bubble / 177 Unmoored / 187 The Base Line / 190 Vanishing Perspective / 194 French Toast / 199 Firestorm / 203 A Ring among the Ashes / 206 Coda / 210 acknowledgments / 211 This page intentionally left blank ...