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Galen Gregory

Galen Gregory
Location
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Birthday
May 19
Bio
I'm a native Texan who moved to Missouri in 2010 in search of better services for my adult disabled sons. Disabled from my 30 year career as a pediatric occupational therapist, I am trying to move into a second career. My interests include writing, progressive politics, Russian language, cognitive remediation for schizophrenia, macrame, spending time with my four rescue dogs, and travelling when I can.

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Salon.com
JANUARY 18, 2012 2:14PM

Seasons of madness

State hospital
 
 
His reality shattered on a night in July.
From the tenth floor window of the psych ER,
I watched an approaching storm in the distance.
The lightning illuminated his visions,
And the tumbling rumbling of the thunder
Could not drown out the threatening voices.
The heat was as oppressiv… Read full post »
JANUARY 18, 2012 4:21AM

Time bomb

It happened so fast.  I was taken totally by surprise, even though I had expected it for 20 years.  It was as if I had lived with a time bomb, at times listening to the ticking, at times tippy-toeing around it, sometimes even trying to disarm it, but I had managed… Read full post »