Edjumacation Blues
In the hot prairie summer of 1963, I got my first teaching job: teach swimming to twenty adults terrified of water. If I didn’t have a mother who had never […]
The Plateau Blues
“You’re a healthy woman!” chirps my GP, her slim young hand on my shoulder. My internal wolf wants to bite that hand but just in time I remember I’d rather not lose another tooth.
The Right Arm of Darkness
Yesterday I read a heartening news story of a 45-year-old woman who had earned her PhD in spite of a terminal diagnosis of cancer. Her university was so impressed by […]
Mana Manna Cometh to Save Us All
Finally, after years of dithering poverty, I did it. I sent off an entire pay cheque, before I could spend it on things much less lasting, to bring Mana Manna, […]
La Chiripa and the Nervous Birthday Breakdown
Originally posted on Sungawuni:
I should be happy and light today: (1) My birthday is nicely situated, right at the end of the school year. (2) Either my friends are…
A World without Mia
Mia never flagged, never lost courage, never abandoned or betrayed me, and never lost that twenty-four-carat smile.
That girl has grit. More grit than a gold pan and more nuggets, too.
The Smoking Gun…uh, Needle
What this body is experiencing is full-blown Sjogren’s, and maybe something else.
The Upside of Down; the Downside of Up
The end of the inflammation would surely mean the end of the stiffness and pain. My hands would regain their strength and acuity and I wouldn’t act like a zombie every morning any more.
Skirmishes
It is always a pleasure to meet with the charming and approachable Dr. T. I did not expect to do battle with him.
Blessings upon Thee, Little Herb
Getting the form for the prescription of medical marijuana was the easy part. Finding a doctor sufficiently well seated in the current century to give me the prescription? That’s a lot harder.
The Law of Love 