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OK, this is a single-issue post and it's about TV.  I spend time watching TV.  And, in the last several years it has been quality-time.  The writing and acting can be at times jaw-droppingly good.  I found myself watching The Good Place  on the recommendation of my wife, and almost quit after the first few episodes (each is 22 minutes long because it is a "sitcom").  I am now on episode 10 and I'm all in (3 seasons, I think).  On our flight home from Minnesota a couple days ago, I read a piece about Roger Stone by Sam Anderson. I thought it was very interesting, and when I learned that Mr. Anderson had earlier written about The Good Place, I sought it out.  It is a marvelous article, and I recommend it (and the show ), to you: The Ultimate Sitcom by Sam Anderson

This 1500 word post describes our experiences in the first days of February, 2019 around the death of my father.   Like all of us Dad was always doing the best he could.   I don’t know, but it seems like his behavioral range was a fair bit above average.   Every family thinks it’s special and I’m not going to be contrarian on that point; it goes without saying.   But saying it puts me in mind of the structure (psychological, spiritual, physical) of our unique family, the group sparked into being by Dad and Mom. I can tell as I write that these unique features of our family will be metamorphosing spectacularly as we now all move too fast toward our own exit.   Even the memories seem to be shifting.   I hope to be celebrating all these inevitable shifts and discoveries and insights as we survivors continue to be here together, doing the best we can. - 2/17/2019 Me and my sisters with dad: L to R Janine, Cindy, Linda Dad died, on my birthday February 3.   He was 92, and would ha