Ordinary Canary

O, roe, soon shall I see them,
O, hee-roe, see them, oh see them.
O, roe, soon shall I see them,
The mist covered mountains of home!
My mom was buried exactly two weeks ago, almost to the minute. This morning I woke up with The Mist Covered Mountains of Home stuck in my head, which is [...]

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It is harder to sleep than I imagined it would be.
The hospital called me around 11 a.m. yesterday. My mom has been in intensive care since Monday, but yesterday was the first day that they were able to track me down, since she’s pretty much incapable of keeping my phone number around.
The official diagnosis is [...]

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