Thanks a bunch, Gentry, for reading and such nice feedback. The full content of "The Art of Dying" (of which this is the beginning) is available at (Table of Contents):
https://medium.com/the-art-of-dying/parts-index-58bc3df24e6
That said, I am also going through the entire Memoir from the beginning, posting new, edited versions on my own site at:
Again, thanks so much for great feedback.