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Entries for May 2008




After the Rain

May 31, 2008 10:30 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

The clouds parted and the sun rained down on puddles.

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Tags: Montclair | photography



Passing Through

May 30, 2008 07:53 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

Driving along First Street in Newark yesterday,

returning from a doctor's appointment,

came to a red light.

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Tags: Newark | photography



More Pickup Lines

May 29, 2008 08:07 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

"In A Mellotone," a great 1939 Ellington tune, is also what I'm striving for today, on doctor's orders.

So without further ado, let's return to the subject this blog began with back in March.

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Tags: Montclair | photography



Last Medical Post. For Now.

May 28, 2008 07:34 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

In 2005, my father, Mel Levin, who was suffering from Alzheimer's, fell while walking with my mother, Roz, in their West Orange neighborhood.

He was not seriously injured, but he spent the next several days in confusion and pain in a room in St. Barnabus Hospital in Livingston.

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Tags: West Orange | photography



"I'd be Equally as Willing For a Dentist to be Drilling...

May 27, 2008 06:40 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

...than to ever let a woman in my life!" I first heard that hilariously mysogynistic song from My Fair Lady when I was about eight and my parents brought home the soundtrack recording from the Broadway theater.

That minds could joke about going to the dentist only confirmed my sense that life was full of temptations and pitfalls I could barely imagine. Back then, shadows on my bedroom wall--let alone knowing I had a dentist's appointment the next day--could keep me awake for hours.

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Tags: East Orange | photography | dentists



Grounded For The Holiday

May 26, 2008 05:33 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

I made it through the first five days after my freak accident fairly well. I had what my doctors called a  "minor concussion," meaning I could expect several days or more of headaches and sleeplessness. Well, nothing unusual about that!

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Tags: Montclair | UMDNJ | photography



In the Examining Room

May 23, 2008 06:46 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

I was in my doctor's office in Springfield, shirt off, waiting for a checkup, when I realized I was not alone.

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Tags: Springfield | photography | doctor's office