Monthly Archive: February 2018

17
Feb
2018

OW AGAIN

Welp, after months of no issues whatsoever, my pinched nerve shoulder/arm pain is back with a vengeance. Constant pain and it hurts EXTRA to sit in a straight chair or lean forward so posting will be light until I can get treatment…hopefully it won’t take months to go away like last time. 🙁 I have an appointment Tuesday morning with a new naprapat, so wish me luck. GAH.

11
Feb
2018

HOPING FOR SNOW: SHNOWPING

The sky is white, wide and wild. It seems snow-laden. Snow-burdened. But you never know. It’s been known to disappoint. Snown to disappoint. The wind is shaking the honeysuckle leaves in the trellis, still green from summer. It’s swaying the bird feeder, bereft of birds. There was a small yellow and blue tit hunched there earlier, but he’s nowhere to be seen now. There is still snow on the ground, a patchy white blanket tufted with the too long grass, also of late summer. There are rose hips scattered on the deck. I am glad to be inside, out of...

06
Feb
2018

HUBRIS (BLESS YOU)

What do you think is a defining characteristic of being human? I don’t mean bipedal, tool-using, opposable thumbs, I think-therefore-I-am, human. I mean what sets us apart from the instinctual, animal, get enough to eat, mate, sleep, human? Today, it was a sense of obligation. I say human because I doubt rabbits with a head cold give a shit about their responsibilities. Or bears. Do animals get colds? They must, since we’re essentially animals, and we get colds. Despite being REALLY sick with a whopper of a head cold that has been battening on me for days, I felt OBLIGATED...