Author: Tim Rumsey
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50 years in West 7th
Notebook Recollections I used to be a doctor in West 7th for 50 years. (1975 to 2025). I retired last week. During that half century,…
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R.I.P. Carl Bentson 10-27-1974 to 12-18-2024
Sunday, August 3, 2025, 5:45 p.m. West 7th’s C.S.P.S. Hall was emptied out. Lights down, chairs and tables folded and put away. The band was…
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The Big Yellow Dumpster
I just returned from outside Carl “Mr. Positive’s” St. Clair home. He is six months gone from the West 7th speck on the old earth…
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Happy as a Clam
West seventh All-Star cab driver, William “Texan” Dubois is a happy man. Ever-wise, calm, alert and ready. Knows who he is and what he is…
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Rest in Peace, Mr. Positive
I still grieve Mr. Positive, R.I.P. 12-18-25. Carl Lambert Bentson. Age 62. I’ve driven or walked by his house most every day for 30 years…
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Smile
I swallowed a camera two months ago. Dr. Ravi made me do it. OK, it was a medical test. To check for blood in my…
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The Last Time I Saw Mr. Positive
The last time I saw Carl Bentson, he was laying on his back on his front steps. Eyes closed, glassy, kitty–wampus. His head on the…
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A 1950s Gentleman-Type Doctor Exchange
I asked real estate sale guru-friend Steve Sprafka if he had any famous clients or notable sales recently. “Eric Clapton bought two 1969 Fender twin…
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Lunch with the one and only Mr. Positive
The fall weather is extra-ordinary today. 80°. Blue sky. Patches of atmosphere with the correct water content and altitude have been tricked into Cumulo-Nimbus white…
