Are You Listening?

If you’ve been reading the blog recently – and if you have, thanks! You’ll have seen on Thursday that I was in the hospital quite recently. When this post goes live, I will have been home for three days now. That’s three days of rediscovering the edges of what I’m able to do and what …

The Anatomy of a Covid Swab

Note: Your mileage with this may vary. Your mileage may vary personally, and geographically. Different places may have different setups. This morning, barely an hour ago in fact, I had my very first Covid Swab test. Apparently this is now standard pre-surgical procedure. Never having had one – but hearing about them quite a bit …

Distractions

I looked out this morning and the sun was goneTurned on some music to start my dayI lost myself in a familiar songI closed my eyes and I slipped away “More than a Feeling” – Boston.(You’re welcome for the earworm) I’m sure this has happened to you – it happened to me just now: You …

Oh the Bear Necessities…

Sometimes, no matter how much planning you do, no matter how far you look ahead, you’ll find a day that just doesn’t seem to have as many hours in it as the other ones. On days like that, you’ll find that you’ve got to focus on the essentials then, if you’ve got the time, you …