The Outback Diaries - Randy Tharp

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Résumé :
On a Friday just before lunch, Randy set out with his mom Barb to find the help she needed. What followed was a year-long odyssey through the tangled terrain of eldercare, where brunch arrived courtesy of a muse scented like rainbows, Iditarod coins were mined from borrowed purses, and rebellion brewed inside the halls of Los Prados Verdes Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation. Along the way, a hideous dress made its move-and was repeatedly rebuffed. The Outback Diaries is an unfiltered account of caregiving: absurd, exhausting, and unexpectedly funny. At its heart, it's about persistence, perspective, and the strange grace of showing up-especially when it's messy....

Biographie:
Randy Tharp keeps the memories of his youth and formative years tucked away in Casper, Wyoming, where the seasons are distinct and the wind never takes a day off. He now resides in Texas, the state of his birth, where he's living out the post-formative years of life. He's been married for over 30 years, is the proud father of two grown children, grandfather to one endlessly curious grandson, and currently training Tonka-the family's recently adopted Weimaraner with boundless energy. By day, Randy works as a Business Analyst in the financial services industry, where he spends his time navigating spreadsheets, meetings, and mastering the ancient corporate art of looking busy. Outside of work, he writes when he has something to say, reads when something grabs his interest, and updates his blog at Tharpster.Org whenever a topic won't leave him alone....

Sommaire:
Besides being the author of either the book you just read, or the one you're about to read, Randy Tharp serves as the self-proclaimed Blogger Laureate & Purveyor or Verbal Brilliance on Tharpster.Org. He posts there on a regular basis about a variety of topics based on whatever happens to be going through his mind at the time. When he's not writing, Randy manages the day to day happenings in a cubicle deep within the financial services industry where he's mastered the art of looking busy while visiting the internet to obtain complicated formulas for the spreadsheets and databases he uses to keep up appearances. At home, Randy and his wife of 30-something years are parents to two grown kids and grandparents to one non-grown kid (as of this writing). In his free time, he reads and hits the gym to pick things up and put them down. He also takes his Silver Labrador (she's a Magnificent Beast) on frequent walks. Neighbors wave frequently....