I am closing in on two weeks post-surgery (It’ll be two weeks on Wednesday) and It’s been a fortnight of changes, let me tell you. I think I’m turning into someone who sleeps on their back – which I’d never been able to do before. I’ve started a habit of reading in the morning – …
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Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: Recovery is going well. I’m nowhere near being fully recovered and may not be for some months yet – not to the point where I was walking several miles a day and doing …
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 …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: Yesterday, I had surgery for what will probably (if the odds bear out) be kidney cancer. Thing #2: This morning – though hopefully after this post goes live I will have woken up …
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 …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: There are times when a grilled bratwurst topped with well seasoned (and also grilled) green peppers and onions with a bit of stone ground mustard, is the best meal on the planet Thing …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: So far this week, I’ve gotten caught in the rain twice on my walks. Betrayed by my weather app Thing #2: I am in the final Editing pass of my novella Crimson Whisper. …
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 …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: There is a sliding scale out here for when the trees will start sprouting leaves. Thing #2: I have not taken a walk in this past week where I have not seen a …
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 …