My name is Kathy Nickerson, and I live on Mercy Street – physically and figuratively.

Browsing Category 'Friendship'

Today, I went to the funeral of my dearest childhood friend’s father. He was ninety years old and lived a good, honest, faithful life. My memories of him go back as far as memories go, and I could have told you much about him. I could have described his humor and some of his little [...]

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Revising Life

July 17, 2009 3 Comments

I rewrote Chapter 24 of my work-in-progress last night because it was too sad. Actually, the story was probably fine, but life is feeling a little too sad right now. One of our good friends is critically ill. Another is fighting breast cancer. Two others are investigating suspicious spots. (Did I mention I hate cancer?) [...]

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Musings on Mud

July 6, 2009 7 Comments

It rained on Saturday. Actually, the rain started Friday night, and it turned our lovely, thirty-acre picnic field into a soppy, soupy mess. We workers arrived early, half expecting the day would be called due to rain. But the cowboys were already saddling their horses beside the rodeo corral. And the air-show pilots were scanning [...]

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Peeps and Posse

April 20, 2009 4 Comments

Networking is an interesting word. A network ties together a group of computers making this conversation possible in the first place. Insurance companies use networks to decide how they are going to pay various doctors. You get paid better if you are “in network.” Today, I was grateful people like Blue Cross and Humana consider [...]

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