20 minutes and a quarter-mile apart.
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Not pretty; not handsome.
Necessary -- and/or necessary/helpful.
24-hour heart monitoring to see what's what.
I expect an all-clear call, but I had palpitations and some difficulty breathing, so I followed the paint-by-numbers steps. And that's what YOU, whoever you are, should do.
I need to exercise more and cut sugar and alcohol, no doubt. This past year of working from my home-desk has not prioritized fitness, but the next year should.
I shall paddle --board or kayak -- tomorrow.
Present, but not omnipresent, with both healthy and unhealthy equivocation.
No need for "spoiler alert" with that comment.
More than anything, Atkinson may be the writer who most surprises me, even as she carries me handily along the stream of story.
A keen rereading.