I’ve been contemplating what to write regarding the looming New Year – and new decade. Not being much for resolutions (why add to the already-weighty load of everyday guilt I carry around when I inevitably break them?) I’ve wondered what wee bit of wisdom I might offer to the blogosphere. I’m still wondering. See, I …
My muse has deserted me today. I keep starting this post, then deleting it in disgust. Boring, I think to myself. Blah! But I do want to post something. So I went back into the archives in my other blog, Blue Wren, and looked at what I’d written at this time last year. And there …
I’m one of those maddening people who, when you ask them what they want for Christmas/birthday/Mother’s Day say, “Oh, I don’t know. I don’t really need anything …” And I’m (like all those other maddening people) perfectly sincere. I really don’t need anything. There are things I want, but that’s different. Frivolous. I don’t like …
Wishing you a joyous and cozy holiday, filled with love and laughter. -Wren
Sure and it’s late as I write this. Nearly 11 o’clock. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I still have a little shopping left to do – I feel bad having left it so late, but money has been ultra-tight and I can’t spend what I don’t have. Now, however, I have a little to work with …
I was reading a doctor-blog last night. (I know, I know. Do I have a life? Well, yes. But we all have our quirks. Sometimes I wonder whether, if I’d had better grades in high school and a little more encouragement, I might have actually become a doctor. I’ve been fascinated with the idea for …
Before rheuma Hands quick Hands dexterous Skilled and sure, right-brain for left hand, left-brain for right. Hands grasp Hands pull Strong and stout, trusty Confident, thoughtless Heedless. After rheuma Hands dull Hands ungraceful Skill made moot, in pain made cautious, hesitant touch Hands ache Hands grieve Weak and thin, brittle Unflexible, careful Thoughtful.
The Republicans in Congress, even as they threaten to hold a read-a-thon to slow progress on the health care insurance reform bill, have accused Democrats of having bad manners . Honestly. They’re trying to kill a bill that will help hundreds of thousands of Americans who, through no fault of their own, can’t afford and thus don’t have health …
You know, it’s easy to complain. I do it all the time, about all sorts of things. Who doesn’t? It is, I think, part of the human condition to never be quite happy with the status quo. But it occurred to me this morning, as I was warming and loosening up my creaky hands – …
I’ve been dropping things lately. Not figuratively. Literally. Rheuma has affected my right pointer finger to the extent that I can no longer make it fit into a fist; that finger won’t curl up tight, so it sticks out. And I keep losing my grasp on things. Little things, mostly, but it always catches me …
