05-AUG-2007
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My neice, in front of Mural that is under a bridge that is undergoing repairs.
Our thoughts go out to those persons who are injured or died in the bridge
disaster in Minnnesota.
31-JUL-2007
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Finally, I feel like we are walking out of the fog into beautiful day..
The first 5 months of 2007 was like being lost in the fog, full of one
tough journey after another.
Cindy, my RA, was diagnosed with breast cancer.
My beloved chocolate lab, mollie had to be euthanized.
One of my clinical jobs involved considerable problems. I quit.
Despite my best efforts, I failed. I don't like failure.
Finally, the fog is lifting ..
Cindy surgery was very successful with all lymph nodes being negative. S
o she is now officially a cancer survivor.
I am gaining perspective. Still don't like failure, but I moved on.
No dog can replace Mollie.
Next spring, Java is going to be an older brother.
I don't think that he knows what he is in for.
He really tortured Mollie as a puppy.
Payback is coming in form of puppy. Working names are Kona or Latte.
Starting in June and now really finalized today, I feel like that I have walked out of the fog into bright new year.
Yep, there will be foggy days in the future.
Perhaps in 2007.
But, I am just going to saivor good news, acceptance, and the anticipation of a new life in the Teno household.
Patience. Balance. Joy
24-JUL-2007
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Update: OSCAR is hitting the big times - see WEB MD article, AP, and other media outlets..
http://www.webmd.com/news/20070725/cats-sixth-sense-predicting-death
and for my UK friends - read about Oscar!
http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKN2531239020070725
Here is the link to the NEJM article - note you will need to copy and paste in your explorer window
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/357/4/328?ijkey=PVKerq1VfkJKc&keytype=ref&siteid=nejm
Over the past two years, I have taken pictures of Oscar the NH cat...
Well his story appeared in the NEW ENGLAND Journal of Medicine today!
A colleague wrote an essay about OSCAR and the fact that he hold vigils for
dying nursing home residents!
Low and behold, David article got accepted and they used my photograph of
Oscar!
Oscar behavior is really a reflection of the wonderful care that is provided to
NH residents of the 3rd floor dementia unit of Steere House in Providence RI.
I believe that he sees all the concern that the wonderful nursing home staff provide these
dying patients and he just wants to be part of the action.
Congrats to David, the thrid floor of Steere House, and our star of the day -- Oscar!
19-JUL-2007
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For the Picture of the day see..
http://www.pbase.com/joanteno/image/82475521
12-JUL-2007
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Fragile - the divide between living and dead
04-JUL-2007
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For the PaD
http://www.pbase.com/joanteno/image/81649242
23-JUN-2007
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Yep, time for the Un29 day. This will be my third one on Pbase. Very and I mean Very, fortunate to be in Rome with my neices, joan and Fran, and their parents (my sister Carol and br in law Jack). Wonderful hotel with the preverbial -- room with a view..
Carol, Jack, Joan and Fran - you are the best.
Joan H, thanks for sharing my vacation!
To the wonderful photographers on Pbase - Thanks for commenting and your inspiring work..
Now, time to explore Rome and the upcoming 5th decade of life ..
25-JUN-2007
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20-JUN-2007
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Thursday weekly challenge. In spired by Dan Chusid, who spoke of sound tracks in an early email message. A stretch, but this saxaphonist should be laying down tracks. He was wonderful last night on a jazz river boat cruise in Prague.
Alternate entry: My neice making tracks - to the Kafka Museum.
For this weeks challenge TRACKS
15-JUN-2007
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This picture of the day is all my nieces idea! She wanted to express her frustration with traveling yesteday. She went from having a massage to the crazy world of dealing with cancelled flight and airline staff that was not helpful at times. At one point, potentially we were not going to get to Amsterdam at all!
Travel on Wenesday was totally crazy.
First, they shut down the Pittsburgh airspace to practice for an air show! So this was delay 1 and led to a fatal delay.
Second, thunderstorm meant that our flight from Pittsbugh to Philadephia was delayed to an arrival time post
when our flight for Amsterdam would leave. My favorite line of the day, "We can get you to Amsterdam on Monday - maybe..oh.. I guess you are out of luck."
Quick thinking on the spot and help from David Dosa - found a South West Flight that would get me to Philadelphia about 45 minutes prior to the next flight to Amsterdam. On the spot, bough a ticket. We made it with 1/2 hour spare. Our luggage is due tommorrow.
Than.. Equipment failure, change to 757 with total chaos of seat reassignment. Wrong galley - spent an hour on the ground while they tried to repackage the galley.
Than.. we were number 30th in line for take off.
It was all worth it to me. We had a great day in Amsterdam. I am so pround of my neice. She is such a trooper. Furthermore, she is a creative and special soul BTW, Happy Birthday - She turned 18 this week!
Life is good.
Day 1 - We had an Indonesia food for lunch, spectacular meal with wonderful vegetables and tofu. Took a canal boat ride and stopped at the flea market where my neice purchases some cheap, but great clothing. Ended the day walking to the I am Amsterdam sign. Wondeful day!
06-JUN-2007
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In DC, but could not resist posting a shot from yesterdays graduation!
The happy graduate, her mother, farther, and Fran (who is hanging with me in DC!!)
30-MAY-2007
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Last night, we celebrated with dinner at Alfornos, one of the best resturants in RI!
Vacaton starts on June 5th..
Alfornos is a five star resturant that asks you to order dessert at the time of selecting your dinner so
they have adequate time to prepare. What a wonderful meal and company!
This was unbelievable fantastic lemon cake..
