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Nikki Barr
Nikki Barr

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Jan 1

One, Twice, Three Times the Anesthesia

A physical and emotional journey toward wellness — It was just a year ago that I piled into the car in the early morning hours of December 28, 2022, and headed to Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia to undergo a lumbar fusion. …

Back Surgery

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One, Twice, Three Times the Anesthesia
One, Twice, Three Times the Anesthesia
Back Surgery

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Dec 28, 2022

Upgrading to First Class

But knowing you really belong in economy — Recently, I wrote about the three things that kicked off my holiday season. Slam, Bam, and Crashing into the Holidays Three things that rang in my holiday seasonnikkibarr.medium.com One thing was upgrading my partner and myself to First Class on our flight from Philadelphia to Detroit. It stands out because it isn’t something I would usually ever do. …

This Happened To Me

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Upgrading to First Class
Upgrading to First Class
This Happened To Me

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Dec 27, 2022

Isn’t the election over?

And, why does Joe Biden want to talk to me? — Somehow I thought that when the November 2022 election was over, the spam emails from every politician in contention, their supporting cast, and anyone else my data was sold to would stop. I was wrong. For most of December, it seems President Joe Biden has been desperate to speak with…

Phishing Awareness

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Isn’t the election over?
Isn’t the election over?
Phishing Awareness

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Dec 26, 2022

Slam, Bam, and Crashing into the Holidays

Three things that rang in my holiday season — My lovely Medium writer friend, Jill Ebstein put out a little challenge in a not so recent post (I’m behind) asking what three things will start the holiday season. Mary Oliver Strikes Again Her words are simply the best, but can we do it?medium.com My response was a broken tree, sparkles in the rain, and an upgrade to first class, which I promised myself I…

Christmas Tree

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Slam, Bam, and Crashing into the Holidays
Slam, Bam, and Crashing into the Holidays
Christmas Tree

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Nov 17, 2022

Caffeine and COVID

Travelogue, part 4: The return home — On Monday, my mom had the sniffles and wasn’t feeling great. Thinking it was just the flu, and having never lost her COVID cough from January, no one thought anything else. Then dad woke up sick on Tuesday. I bought a round of tests. …

Travelogue

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Caffeine and COVID
Caffeine and COVID
Travelogue

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Nov 4, 2022

Hometown groves

Travelogue, part 3: The streets of Cheboygan feel empty My hometown is a small, rural place in the northern point of Michigan’s lower peninsula. If you hold your palm up to make the Michigan map — we are on the edge of the middle finger. …

Travelogue

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Hometown groves
Hometown groves
Travelogue

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Oct 28, 2022

Making it to the wedding on time: drifting in high on coffee and adrenaline

Travelogue, part 2: Pass the vodka, please — Sleeping in a hotel is never something I do well. So, when I wake well before my alarm, and the hotel breakfast that I won’t eat but like to assess and make judgments about. I toss my toiletries into the overnight bag and throw on a clean t-shirt. …

Travel

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Making it to the wedding on time: drifting in high on coffee and adrenaline
Making it to the wedding on time: drifting in high on coffee and adrenaline
Travel

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Oct 27, 2022

Chasing rainbows off the Ohio Turnpike

Travelogue, part 1: Day one on the road from Pennsylvania to Michigan. — It was somewhere around noon when I was wrapping up a phone call and itching to get done with work. Cleveland was a good six hours away, and that didn’t necessarily include the stops I’d need, construction, or speed traps in Ohio. …

Travel

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Chasing rainbows off the Ohio Turnpike
Chasing rainbows off the Ohio Turnpike
Travel

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Oct 4, 2022

Phishing, wellness, and a life lesson

I deleted a phishing email in my personal account and now I feel guilty. Really guilty. That isn’t a typical response to deleting an email — even for someone like me who is a data-hoarder. Part of my work is writing about cybersecurity issues — and the one of the…

Cybersecurity Awareness

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Phishing, wellness, and a life lesson
Phishing, wellness, and a life lesson
Cybersecurity Awareness

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Published in Age of Empathy

·Aug 30, 2022

On Tylenol and Turmeric

Also, how I wish I had some Icy Hot — Marketers know our weak spots. For me, it’s square in my lower back, between two surgery scars and just under the tattoo of a barbell with the Wonder Woman logo holding the plates. …

Nonfiction

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On Tylenol and Turmeric
On Tylenol and Turmeric
Nonfiction

5 min read

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Nikki Barr

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Normal human in an extraordinaire world. Memoir / Humor / Just Life

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