tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48188992132764052592024-03-28T13:46:14.277-06:00Wahnfried der FeststehendMFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.comBlogger1643125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-54858275062760093522024-03-23T06:00:00.049-06:002024-03-26T11:54:23.621-06:00Hiatus...Hold, Maybe Endgame<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> think we'll stop here. There doesn't seem to be much happening besides the details of the decline.</p><p>For those of you who've yet to make the decision, I talked w my friend <a href="https://newmexnomad.blogspot.com/2017/04/trini-saavedra-custom-crafter-superb.html?m=1" target="_blank">Trini</a> a few days ago. He did alot of the early work on Phoebe: installed her roof rack and built the custom rack that kept things handy inside near the back ceiling.</p><p>Trini was a big guy, round of stomach. He had triple by-pass surgery a year ago and said he's still recovering. As you may know, after they tried stenting and found my three arteries blocked, I chose to take meds instead of surgery. It was the right decision for me.</p><p>There're three posts that'll appear after I'm gone. The title of the first is: <i>Relationship ist Alles</i>. It's currently scheduled for May 8.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's <a href="https://newmexnomad.blogspot.com/2019/08/mein-vater-war-ein-wandersmann.html?m=1" target="_blank">a rousing tune to go out on</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p> 🥕 Happy Travels! 🥕</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-41192630854246698702024-03-22T18:25:00.002-06:002024-03-22T18:25:17.531-06:00Hospice Referral<span style="font-size: x-large;">M</span>y health has deteriorated sufficiently that my cardiologist felt she could refer me to hospice; it's the first step toward Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) which, up 'til now, I've resisted.<div><br /></div><div>Over 400 satisfied customers have taken advantage of the program in the year and a half it's been available, but I don't like the requirement of picking a date & time and that a physician then, at the appointed time, comes bearing the lethal cocktail as if bestowing a sacrament.</div><div><br /></div><div>While I hope the physician is kind and sympathetic, the protocol feels incredibly pompous and -- at least from my perspective -- obviates any possibility for spontonaity; it actually feels disgusting and abhorrent. On the other hand, gaining access to the program likely means many participants are eagerly begging, PLEADING, for release if they picked a time & date too far out. And what of the folks who *did* and now are no longer capable of drinking it down?</div><div><div><br /></div><div>But the past couple of weeks things have taken a sharp turn. The syncope, the feeling of losing consciousness, has become almost continuous except when I'm lying down. Then, if I turn my head or move in the slightest, there's a wave of dizziness.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nausea is constant with extended (10 minutes or more) of wretching every half hour or so. And today, after not having eaten in a couple of days, straining with dry heaves.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-42405686688366620582024-03-19T16:29:00.000-06:002024-03-19T16:29:19.798-06:00COMMENTING Disabled<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">N</span>o idea what they've done, but my comments on others' blogs have come back w a long note about being blocked.</p><p>Somehow I doubt, though it's certainly possible, everyone decided to block me in the same week.</p><p>In the 14 years of blogging I haven't had to even moderate comments, let alone block anyone. My yahoo email is at the bottom of my profile and my gmail email is on my "complete" profile....lest you too are being "blocked," but not by me.</p>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-79465836667718693812024-03-18T06:46:00.127-06:002024-03-18T06:46:00.151-06:00Psychedelic Science 2023<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">H</span>aving attended conferences where the Keynote was something to "get through," I was pleasantly surprised by how interesting this one is.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I chose the custom amount of $25.00 to gain access.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tap image to goto Home Page of Conference</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2023.psychedelicscience.org/sessions/1532/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1896" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7nfEHvlIrHaky8sdsTXmiYlxY-AHIHRe6S-GelhLIujbom0-EbORtZ18PVEHftwVVaWWj3anMaST0iWVdtDt1vf_mrvConjMr0DeXVfr_qXb8GipoAw8v-Zm6jQqjVTHf7ppH1VQKtPjXUF8EzsmQA2BTJ3RFlAnZgLiJZvawXQk8uL-u2-0BVLueaOO/s320/PS2023-2-tn-qbbss0rh8rzjtfcrnco06cdowok6ru337uo0b47oz4~2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://2023.psychedelicscience.org/sessions/1532/"><span style="font-family: verdana;">https://2023.psychedelicscience.org/sessions/1532/</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was fortunate to have guidance when I began my explorations in altered states at 13 and a half and had four years of solid space-travel under my belt before I tried LSD. That "upbringing," not too dissimilar from the one that came with my small glass of wine at dinner when I was seven, included sincere words of caution.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Many sessions later, I can count on one hand the times I took it "recreationally," mainly because I often spent several hours slogging through demons and baggage. The small doses I've been taking every few months for the last several years have helped me navigate as I embraced the re-emergence of my emotions and my felt-self (kinda like dryer-lint, but different).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had, just before leaving for Germany, begun vomiting as we walked from our classroom to the cafeteria. We, Mom, younger brother and I, were in a duplex across the street from <a href="https://www.stbernardacademy.org/" target="_blank">St. Bernard Academy</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisU6XuN3khWn-qFKwN6woaZE7Qivn695vCiBsov4a6JEgaVMXkadphI-2ZrsuKUmRj5O4FdcE1dSuZ78_eKB8hU33hApl3ty9zj8jHk1gVFyT7rZGfhyPaqhM9DE0td6GaKgio5AAaCHaVqeEkzF9KKO0U3q4io7vIVad_yZYthC9pt0d_hvBglCVKMfFb/s250/1905~2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="250" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisU6XuN3khWn-qFKwN6woaZE7Qivn695vCiBsov4a6JEgaVMXkadphI-2ZrsuKUmRj5O4FdcE1dSuZ78_eKB8hU33hApl3ty9zj8jHk1gVFyT7rZGfhyPaqhM9DE0td6GaKgio5AAaCHaVqeEkzF9KKO0U3q4io7vIVad_yZYthC9pt0d_hvBglCVKMfFb/s1600/1905~2.png" width="250" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The nuns, sympathetic, let me come home for lunch. There were several I liked alot, but even in First Grade I didn't cotton to their trip. Looking back, I surmise the nausea was a sub-conscious reaction to having to suppress emotions as we, yet again, pulled up stakes.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I still encounter nausea when I'm overwhelmed, which, curiously, is happening more frequently as the debilitations increase. But I can't tell the difference between a chronic stomach upset and a psychosomatic one. More LSD, methinks.</span></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-73904522064110030612024-03-17T12:24:00.000-06:002024-03-17T12:24:15.776-06:00Lilac Trees<span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>he husband of an acquintance, delirious, went over the edge...crying for his mom and his first wife. </span><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">I think it was Joanna who asked if my mom was depressed. At the time, I didn't think so, but years later, as I remember being rocked on her shoulder and her singing her version of this song, I think she probably was.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">Tap image to goto lyrics</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_a/58/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="228" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-AkkBtsuOg_Kz3OBpM6TTuGhwIgITZUB6aCEV09FBNi7RhPyy3Nsnzuy9FlkKk4kMSJ23Uh5RtaiH30aLjbsZ3T-lnvbHPs_jjaqT37h-dnu0GJ8BhGmAXvN3cbIgNaQK_JV-6Q8uYZgivVPe4ArGImE97FaVv5LMndHJ4ajji6LfuUnECxipXMAm2-l/s1600/preview~2.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">They were married seven or eight years before I was born. During that time they visited Paris, skiied the Alps and lived in Friede Wagner's home in Bayreuth. The last was in appreciation for his work as a double-agent.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">After I was born he was away, fighting in Korea. If not depressed, I know she missed him.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">The dizzyness when I sat up last night had me gagging for awhile. Fortunately, I had nothing in my stomach, and have eaten very little these past couple of weeks.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">This morning, as the syncope took hold, I was able, before I fell, to lie down on the kitchen floor.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">I'm comin' close to calling for her.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aP7aKJ9B6j4" width="320" youtube-src-id="aP7aKJ9B6j4"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-42803721510160380532024-03-15T19:58:00.014-06:002024-03-15T19:58:00.242-06:00Allana Clarke<div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span>s it okay to like something for its own sake? As a white man, I can relate only in the vaguest way to being Black, let alone a Black <i>female.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">The time I dated a Black woman, in my late thirties, I was surprised, when we went out, by how White I felt. It was kinda similar to being monolingual in Whitehorse, YT, where everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, spoke at <i>least</i> three languages.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>he <a href="https://allanaclarke.com/hair-bonding-glue-sculptures" target="_blank">wall pieces appeal</a>, but her statement, music, performance pieces leave me saddened. Still, I had to add her in; I like it enough to want to find it again, and this is the only way for that to happen.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKnvwrrCu66KgRbHCWJn-3h17-hKiUHiOf8z-5tSjv1veh5_eS3iXxAK5M-X98a0ZelLHG7Vo6QLnAJBFIneBDUD_idHGIRjGI4IyIN8DPKHsJds1MxHwMdTya8EcG9hAgaQw_gBriW_4vZvx_-TWsRrtA6qUuAq9OvTXoGELQL1ryX6oCEFSmfN-GktG/s1117/5584712_Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-7-25-34-PM~2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="868" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKnvwrrCu66KgRbHCWJn-3h17-hKiUHiOf8z-5tSjv1veh5_eS3iXxAK5M-X98a0ZelLHG7Vo6QLnAJBFIneBDUD_idHGIRjGI4IyIN8DPKHsJds1MxHwMdTya8EcG9hAgaQw_gBriW_4vZvx_-TWsRrtA6qUuAq9OvTXoGELQL1ryX6oCEFSmfN-GktG/s320/5584712_Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-7-25-34-PM~2.png" width="249" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">Videos</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><a href="https://allanaclarke.com/video-time-based-media">https://allanaclarke.com/video-time-based-media</a></span></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-66338004122835271312024-03-14T12:39:00.017-06:002024-03-15T16:06:29.038-06:00Cheese!<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._F._K._Fisher" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">M</span>.F.K. Fisher</a> wrote about her travels. Her descriptions of people, places and food are exceptionally evocative.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKlANe82edlkdnWBl19pe4Il6k_5PTRT6z70R9SRKUzcu0tujktWpPBYOf1db3pjzET1rmIdkx46rOLuri66ojuyf7K0AwIYJL8h44R3IsfzPxnJ90Y7JQvHkkRAscz51G2q_HFjYZhKOR_mrE5h9cPFAGOZ-5q4lqIXRYGDc6YnY4qRT7qtba28CdUwiI/s230/download.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="178" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKlANe82edlkdnWBl19pe4Il6k_5PTRT6z70R9SRKUzcu0tujktWpPBYOf1db3pjzET1rmIdkx46rOLuri66ojuyf7K0AwIYJL8h44R3IsfzPxnJ90Y7JQvHkkRAscz51G2q_HFjYZhKOR_mrE5h9cPFAGOZ-5q4lqIXRYGDc6YnY4qRT7qtba28CdUwiI/s1600/download.webp" width="178" /></a></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>In the 2nd-to-last paragraph of <i>How To Cook a Wolf, </i>published in 1942, she opines "An unnesessary peptic goad, but a very nice one now and then, is a good, soft stinky cheese, a Camenbert or Liederkranz...." </div><div><br /></div><div>Unfamiar with Liederkranz, I wended my way via The Web to <a href="https://chaletcheese.com/" target="_blank">Chalet Cheese</a> where I ordered some plus a pound each of white Brick, both young AND aged Swiss and some Pannaro. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's true there's cheese made in Tucumcari. But there're some things that just aren't right and high, eastern New Mexico scrubland-made cheese is one of 'em.</div><div><br /></div><div>Five pounds of cheese including 2-day shipping came to $17.60/pd. A deal compared with the $24.97 per pound for an attractively mottled roguefort at Smith's (Kroger). And from a fifth generation family farm where there's plenty of water.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you, Ms. Mary Francis Kennedy Fisher Parrish Friede.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://youtu.be/f2i2lGJsiow?feature=shared" target="_blank">Here she is</a> a week or month before her 80th birthday. At 20:35 she says, "Everything is sexual." What a woman!</div></div><div><br /></div></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-16484250012572093722024-03-12T14:35:00.007-06:002024-03-12T14:38:07.741-06:00Lion Sleeps<p><br /></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Nunito Sans;">Lady Smith Black Mambazo / Mint Juleps<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/XJuEuRCKq1s?feature=shared">https://youtu.be/XJuEuRCKq1s?feature=shared</a><br /><br /></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Nunito Sans;">Hout Bay Music Project - André Rieu<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/rIIQgTIhE2w?si=TqZqpeJukXuVEsID">https://youtu.be/rIIQgTIhE2w?si=TqZqpeJukXuVEsID</a><br /></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Nunito Sans;">The Lion King 2019 - Timon & Pumbaa<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/zDQLvuTHLZ8?feature=shared">https://youtu.be/zDQLvuTHLZ8?feature=shared</a><br /></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Nunito Sans;">Young Peoples' Chorus of New York City<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/erCq44KSEHQ?feature=shared">https://youtu.be/erCq44KSEHQ?feature=shared</a><br /><br /></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Nunito Sans;">London City Voices Choir<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/1RIqaCCr5sU?feature=shared">https://youtu.be/1RIqaCCr5sU?feature=shared</a><br /><br /></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Nunito Sans;">Ann Reburn<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/9RnhVDTks3g?feature=shared">
https://youtu.be/9RnhVDTks3g?feature=shared</a></span></p><p dir="ltr"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7uInGV07c1CwDqXElptX9CoqTweOXD-0axlxeF06jy2qM-bCRk78LQx4665Kiv4VaaxENyg_-4YvmgzVz3vc4cDOl1BOSwbH8DjTUOB-pijF6Tz3yjZHM42XQT3dtA2tXEF4FDPlqH5zrtDG8-TvxYwGaY8b9fbouagvsMraH2-IrWe2OWvFc-Ko0pd8/s245/images~2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="245" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7uInGV07c1CwDqXElptX9CoqTweOXD-0axlxeF06jy2qM-bCRk78LQx4665Kiv4VaaxENyg_-4YvmgzVz3vc4cDOl1BOSwbH8DjTUOB-pijF6Tz3yjZHM42XQT3dtA2tXEF4FDPlqH5zrtDG8-TvxYwGaY8b9fbouagvsMraH2-IrWe2OWvFc-Ko0pd8/s1600/images~2.jpeg" width="245" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr"><br /></p>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-42976966025406258492024-03-11T22:00:00.002-06:002024-03-11T22:00:37.433-06:00Cunnilinging? - NOT<span style="font-size: x-large;">H</span>er reaction to the three-day-growth...<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKpr8dtzjxQxuIhfwm9-5m6C9Iu0xNG6ao-ZWCDnb6wqlYuLI3skEVx6ULATYpnAPdMjBE3rS0G2BgK9CVnGDf7eX3TAhevysi2qjyx9QJtF7E7ekXrgjGX396GSgxFSvuqruy6mS71ongJeZ8JVr-RVTfk1T1Rv6yBuV6YIHevSjP3x4miRLrSCWko8V/s676/download.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="676" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKpr8dtzjxQxuIhfwm9-5m6C9Iu0xNG6ao-ZWCDnb6wqlYuLI3skEVx6ULATYpnAPdMjBE3rS0G2BgK9CVnGDf7eX3TAhevysi2qjyx9QJtF7E7ekXrgjGX396GSgxFSvuqruy6mS71ongJeZ8JVr-RVTfk1T1Rv6yBuV6YIHevSjP3x4miRLrSCWko8V/s320/download.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>"I don't want a friggin' brillo pad between <i>my</i> legs."</div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-12436761691072017282024-03-09T20:57:00.000-07:002024-03-10T01:10:08.952-07:00Pie<span style="font-size: x-large;">E</span>dward's is the one. Despite having reached an all-time high in dimensionalty, my baseless confidence in the rightness of all things has me convinced I'll eventually shrink back to something less horrifying. Thus, we need not resort to extreme measures such as deprivation. Unable to go much farther than the bathroom, I requested Ms. Cook bring home "something good" for dessert.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5j7tJapNWL_eB5Qm94LMAemkHc0OCUvKRKE7YZAsh9S0Z087ipJIFJTNeMJhjDAqdE8Qo11OEz_xXzHv2JGYind42K7fj2f_Hk32ivJHDmevUhRZI8roEARH7v50Qa_EEv8U2ydJbyrQSNSTTsNahsU0FYLmPoalams0k0xBKnYp6PNYy8xiaRoDasTY7/s4080/PXL_20240310_033229894~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5j7tJapNWL_eB5Qm94LMAemkHc0OCUvKRKE7YZAsh9S0Z087ipJIFJTNeMJhjDAqdE8Qo11OEz_xXzHv2JGYind42K7fj2f_Hk32ivJHDmevUhRZI8roEARH7v50Qa_EEv8U2ydJbyrQSNSTTsNahsU0FYLmPoalams0k0xBKnYp6PNYy8xiaRoDasTY7/w301-h400/PXL_20240310_033229894~2.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She was able to secure the last package of key lime, a fav of us both. It comes with two slices.</div><br /><div><br /></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-36486545561043665112024-03-09T19:30:00.004-07:002024-03-10T17:39:53.796-06:00The Baaaahth<span style="font-size: x-large;">M</span>y appreciation of a bath goes back decades. So well-known is this proclivity that when Michelle remodeled the bathroom she sought out a comfortable tub...even though it'd been ten years since I was here.<div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Note bidet controls on right side of komode</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjUxx0sV0u8nE2aiC7tnNaIdrGkjNZPLwJdEDPp8s0rK1FdIxOix8jLtqLEDMVkXGw6aNRISoH9B4W3esPq6kaaDAeg7D7U-D7njpWpPVTLc3_KRxzA1sFHySFzlkdwv82lR3P02pjKpk-xa0vBqbHIo0Wdj91GPmAg8g7dHzPGY_V5Re0SCFI1HkOBXe/s4080/PXL_20240310_015134981.MP~3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjUxx0sV0u8nE2aiC7tnNaIdrGkjNZPLwJdEDPp8s0rK1FdIxOix8jLtqLEDMVkXGw6aNRISoH9B4W3esPq6kaaDAeg7D7U-D7njpWpPVTLc3_KRxzA1sFHySFzlkdwv82lR3P02pjKpk-xa0vBqbHIo0Wdj91GPmAg8g7dHzPGY_V5Re0SCFI1HkOBXe/w301-h400/PXL_20240310_015134981.MP~3.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>The price for indoor plumbing, a mortgage, always seemed exorbitant, not to mention there be neighbors. But, as being able to extrude a turd takes on an ever-greater feeling of accomplishment, now, particularly when the temperatures impair the relaxation of the sphincters, the wall-heater has acquired a special place in my heart.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV58UQUKZO5ZjonaFe5KwCCNMpi9FEkDn2JRtmOiwUyleNUTtgiMlrVErkf8ZvWRe0wAB772JWODJ3wNrel_2oO2Gt8Aos2cNBcJEUV24IvJNcw6Zp1_jx11AjCTfncQFD_ij_BITtsTJzLGs8jjPQkqn3jA-QIYNwwA1mZVm-2oO_SexTWHxTvQ6FCSUj/s4080/PXL_20240310_015219467~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV58UQUKZO5ZjonaFe5KwCCNMpi9FEkDn2JRtmOiwUyleNUTtgiMlrVErkf8ZvWRe0wAB772JWODJ3wNrel_2oO2Gt8Aos2cNBcJEUV24IvJNcw6Zp1_jx11AjCTfncQFD_ij_BITtsTJzLGs8jjPQkqn3jA-QIYNwwA1mZVm-2oO_SexTWHxTvQ6FCSUj/w301-h400/PXL_20240310_015219467~2.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div>Influenced by an early childhood in Japan, I shower before settling in for the soak. A small space, it's easy to heat and requires minimal effort to clean. Michelle's decorative embellishments (note light switch) lend a festive "air."</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tub-side towel holder</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lDGKeke6MVTnjPBbO9ZbkXCY6Fs8FYhjt8BncuRRCJgLu4W0JMm8y3etTqrVvusm687Yt9ppginQ6T1Gah8xqlyBcGUsWke1mK6THYUKVAz8cHq-CK21MAQf7Zou5LGgIo8nwXtuq9Z_SldvyPalmFUsmDabt7J-7tXqqrpxGfq6uysm89ybNxqone1s/s1179/PXL_20240310_041203308~3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1179" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lDGKeke6MVTnjPBbO9ZbkXCY6Fs8FYhjt8BncuRRCJgLu4W0JMm8y3etTqrVvusm687Yt9ppginQ6T1Gah8xqlyBcGUsWke1mK6THYUKVAz8cHq-CK21MAQf7Zou5LGgIo8nwXtuq9Z_SldvyPalmFUsmDabt7J-7tXqqrpxGfq6uysm89ybNxqone1s/s320/PXL_20240310_041203308~3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHedlC6fvqQzb8lvWdkdf2MCv5KLXEaIZkIODdQTbS0TCsB7YkJyfejQm1qkbE_31ANa1TbRbb4wkjzxTzetLKnf1j9MKOwT2Gy7-W5gPkKxYTuqq3mryuUSkwdEz8Kw7remLJju340qXeM-4Af3f452Pu-F2WBihxIkNwn_nK3j8oXrNyhi-FTOMsxBBy/s4080/PXL_20240310_041146093~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHedlC6fvqQzb8lvWdkdf2MCv5KLXEaIZkIODdQTbS0TCsB7YkJyfejQm1qkbE_31ANa1TbRbb4wkjzxTzetLKnf1j9MKOwT2Gy7-W5gPkKxYTuqq3mryuUSkwdEz8Kw7remLJju340qXeM-4Af3f452Pu-F2WBihxIkNwn_nK3j8oXrNyhi-FTOMsxBBy/w482-h640/PXL_20240310_041146093~2.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div>The lower right was damaged in a since-forgotten incident. Someday it'll be repaired, but we don't like to rush things.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Living Room</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Note leaf pattern)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbr6FRTotADyzC4yLSRcHanfYr58yQXwlLbiQ-OIeXZrDGh34au3SFJL3ogI6XEzOY1MvPi-JfD6xxFoTJOjEyiAg5fZXpOz2wk0XlZstaefbICX8SZugsda7f2hGN7KkE2rOmyWGm0g2N1mc6ADgeWy65le2m3doknrCX3xXHqah1fioOL8qhkJ87xUc/s3887/PXL_20240310_153659941.MP~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3887" data-original-width="3072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbr6FRTotADyzC4yLSRcHanfYr58yQXwlLbiQ-OIeXZrDGh34au3SFJL3ogI6XEzOY1MvPi-JfD6xxFoTJOjEyiAg5fZXpOz2wk0XlZstaefbICX8SZugsda7f2hGN7KkE2rOmyWGm0g2N1mc6ADgeWy65le2m3doknrCX3xXHqah1fioOL8qhkJ87xUc/w316-h400/PXL_20240310_153659941.MP~2.jpg" width="316" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjUPbnfkuDtPyyF0AgcNyD9t6-hDYr813vCPKkZBi6YbIayaVfJ_qJTxiyRooJj2vq__418yhfPlqHX1RqdwCHcKNZprbtHQnXxR2s6ZpaI_ew-4ETjVdkg2qaJ1-ERbl7iyngEqf7kvGzr7YGuKRUhi1-9JAGMulg1MNMcW2e6-wcEiGysKUoWCMs4yc/s3939/PXL_20240310_153729636~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3939" data-original-width="3072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjUPbnfkuDtPyyF0AgcNyD9t6-hDYr813vCPKkZBi6YbIayaVfJ_qJTxiyRooJj2vq__418yhfPlqHX1RqdwCHcKNZprbtHQnXxR2s6ZpaI_ew-4ETjVdkg2qaJ1-ERbl7iyngEqf7kvGzr7YGuKRUhi1-9JAGMulg1MNMcW2e6-wcEiGysKUoWCMs4yc/w313-h400/PXL_20240310_153729636~2.jpg" width="313" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-49238268949335524902024-03-08T12:56:00.014-07:002024-03-08T19:42:08.040-07:00Zach Smith<span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">L</span>ast night one of our stories was <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Worst-Breakfast-China-Mi%C3%A9ville/dp/1617754862" target="_blank">The Worst Breakfast</a></i> illustrated by Zach Smith.</span><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">Tap images to goto Amazon</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Worst-Breakfast-China-Mi%C3%A9ville/dp/1617754862" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="686" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ShaFsrHZTFoXFNGCg_5oIPVctaA9t_dk-mM6PlNJzOJwqS8uxnFk1M2KiCSzYXqvXGIdF2zvRvUgXr_ADC0QLL1ijFq6E6UAZfCYjFr2V-xwHMBSS-vcPLnsoO5FVawuLEAcfAjAHku1IhCuXbJdhMjHrjogHUlMq27UMc-y_0GvGIQI3blsVn93WH4w/s320/712Dy7FE5oL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_~2.jpg" width="222" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">One of the benefits of being an aficionado is I recognize quality when I see it. This<a href="https://artillerymag.com/zak-smith-and-making-art-for-a-world-that-is-falling-down/" target="_blank"> article</a> about Smith lists a few of the museums he's in and mentions his book <i>We<a href="https://www.amazon.com/We-Did-Porn-Memoir-Drawings/dp/0980243688" target="_blank"> Did Porn</a>. </i>The article, by<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="author vcard" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://artillerymag.com/author/ezrha-jean-black/" rel="author" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts by <a href="https://artillerymag.com/byline/ezrha-jean-black/" rel="tag">Ezrha Jean Black</a>"></a><a href="https://artillerymag.com/byline/ezrha-jean-black/" rel="tag" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Ezrha Jean Black</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 14px;"> | </span><span class="published" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Mar 23, 2023, in Artillery, has other tidbits and you may wanna read it first for its insights into Zach's penchants.</span></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/We-Did-Porn-Memoir-Drawings/dp/0980243688" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9debWR6YSHaWIFSoC42VX-7tl8LLOdky5eDjtqF9SAKNvlxRtYIVKIeLbVNYCilWx9kDtpqQ0pv18mBxT3cPeZ6ed3Qz4kjFNm33urtf0Ju9oiQkVmZgSBimKJk77r5CAhj_te_bwb9bNMS19T-5x3Sg9D3zq2ulWSvWb4HOl0ACGaMVU9aeMIm8FZzgz/s320/71dxFU4-kPL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_~2.jpg" width="223" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">Reviews of <i>We Did Porn</i> are encouraging. The one that suggests the latter half of the book is a love letter to <a href="https://www.pornhub.com/video/search?search=candy+crush" target="_blank">Candy Crushed. (adult content warning)</a> sent me seeking. A petite young woman, she is apparently quite popular. The link above is to Pornhub, a free site.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">Below's one by Zach; so far, my fav.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVSt3OAB9FcqixF0yNfEAR6couO95f6-1AGlHTUiZSYlWBTAxnaRZI6vYqrZfisor7-wzBG2o_ztbbACIBEMSnYOp-so-R4iG9CtVVl9oqKJxZayzGUFLqHNn1afV0HoATCVFGFNesHaarCYNLOwDHwi6jx5ex9nZMgRTRafkjIEGbbRmWOIh27FFDCCG/s900/7-one-hundred-girls-and-one-hundred-octopusses-detail-zak-smith~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="692" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVSt3OAB9FcqixF0yNfEAR6couO95f6-1AGlHTUiZSYlWBTAxnaRZI6vYqrZfisor7-wzBG2o_ztbbACIBEMSnYOp-so-R4iG9CtVVl9oqKJxZayzGUFLqHNn1afV0HoATCVFGFNesHaarCYNLOwDHwi6jx5ex9nZMgRTRafkjIEGbbRmWOIh27FFDCCG/w492-h640/7-one-hundred-girls-and-one-hundred-octopusses-detail-zak-smith~2.jpg" width="492" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><div><br /></div></span>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-46823775224127995572024-03-07T16:08:00.003-07:002024-03-07T16:12:15.302-07:00Sounds Of the City<span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">he view of the Sandia Mountains, one of the city's few redeeming qualities, obliterated.</span><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-fPfN2dWkXQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="-fPfN2dWkXQ"></iframe></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">A few days ago, a friend witnessed a shootout between high-schoolers wielding automatic pistols. The story has it a girl came to fight another but her opponent was in a car so they just opened fire. Police never came; they have <i>real</i> murders to deal with. This, in a moderately decent neighborhood.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">It's <i>really</i> exciting down in <a href="https://streetsafenm.wordpress.com/2017/11/18/why-its-called-the-war-zone/" target="_blank">the war zone</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Albuquerque: the cesspool of the Southwest.<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-69979157237840471652024-03-06T09:38:00.006-07:002024-03-06T09:45:58.208-07:00EXIT Intn'l Thank You<span style="font-family: helvetica;">It''s been a mere year and a half that Medical Aid In Dying (MAID) has been available in New Mexico. One group is revelling while another is working to have it removed.</span><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Though a step in the right direction, the hospice nurse I recently spoke with said I had to pick a date and time so a physician could hand me the lethal cocktail. This is a ridiculous requirement.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here is a Thank You letter from a daughter whose parents were able to assert their right of "body autonomy." A human right, it is, sadly, only recognized in Switzerland. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.exitinternational.net/thank-you-for-the-information-help-you-gave-both-my-parents/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=exit%40euthanasia.net"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">https://www.exitinternational.net/thank-you-for-the-information-help-you-gave-both-my-parents/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=exit%40euthanasia.net</span></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Information is available in the Peaceful Pill Handbook at:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.peacefulpillhandbook.com/">https://www.peacefulpillhandbook.com/</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUEZHDoyrznWksxN0zjb8DLcLiWf-KG_NyeE5zMbSkdzTW3W1KWB-252hdgVogOzdQ1MP-eB4CSfquWDat36Ls4nvcRQ-T0udpjPuG2PsMWOJlpAM8qZMAU637gNlrNmSbB05zhVo6IasKUa36gheYe9HTYPM9UokbtwQjh5ACjPiM6Bv-tg193rLM3Fs/s172/PPeH_HP.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="145" data-original-width="172" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUEZHDoyrznWksxN0zjb8DLcLiWf-KG_NyeE5zMbSkdzTW3W1KWB-252hdgVogOzdQ1MP-eB4CSfquWDat36Ls4nvcRQ-T0udpjPuG2PsMWOJlpAM8qZMAU637gNlrNmSbB05zhVo6IasKUa36gheYe9HTYPM9UokbtwQjh5ACjPiM6Bv-tg193rLM3Fs/s1600/PPeH_HP.png" width="172" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-85399094854206803382024-03-04T20:10:00.004-07:002024-03-05T20:02:21.415-07:00Lion's Head - Hat Shop<span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span><span>e went to </span><span>the Old Town Hat Shop to select a new chappeau for me. Michelle ordered a couple of items. On our way to get them today (I'm up, out of bed!) we passed this embellishment.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuTTb07BLDjz81HoZYv34QQoNrREEK37JI6_Le0rRLrXoNoYoUuTwOIAYyw6Eo0hsSRWzpsOnnw-qz9_LktPoUt0FWwW8LWbtiNNSfPC_jZAaKwpd3Y4FhGWC4uDhbkd2wLevnWiPF46TQS4hstS9Ct8whlwav5HIRRI3_FEGDWZlXrm8czvXYIU_gAw_/s2044/PXL_20240304_231651652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2044" data-original-width="1386" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuTTb07BLDjz81HoZYv34QQoNrREEK37JI6_Le0rRLrXoNoYoUuTwOIAYyw6Eo0hsSRWzpsOnnw-qz9_LktPoUt0FWwW8LWbtiNNSfPC_jZAaKwpd3Y4FhGWC4uDhbkd2wLevnWiPF46TQS4hstS9Ct8whlwav5HIRRI3_FEGDWZlXrm8czvXYIU_gAw_/s320/PXL_20240304_231651652.jpg" width="217" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHqce-ZprEsv7QzQyTCba-uHvyNHQVc-ANbKwtNSxHzhyphenhyphenXZJ-bXNFLln6RZ05BGqRUMLC5tamTmq8bGp3v038MRMDBPiUGKKI1ZIeG8r7IrRSS5qgvZH1D6i6g92oSvxNm8bVhzl1F062Biut57jFpgdUgeFbO5xx1VJPOEWH6yitMy4CMwRF713bekhF/s984/PXL_20240304_231700188.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="870" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHqce-ZprEsv7QzQyTCba-uHvyNHQVc-ANbKwtNSxHzhyphenhyphenXZJ-bXNFLln6RZ05BGqRUMLC5tamTmq8bGp3v038MRMDBPiUGKKI1ZIeG8r7IrRSS5qgvZH1D6i6g92oSvxNm8bVhzl1F062Biut57jFpgdUgeFbO5xx1VJPOEWH6yitMy4CMwRF713bekhF/s320/PXL_20240304_231700188.jpg" width="283" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The Hat</span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzv6sBZpod_O_dc3-ki8mPdPJW2LYqk5uUwv0k6MEiJeJZdFckiQ15hehLQIoR1mYFD0ZDKJbKcLjRPouBMTS3tnYESVoHd_ERGC3UfpQMczx8Ro22KoWzWC1Cdus4hzRkgbFBomhDik4LpHCdhIdhCSgQE3JrBPWluiMGVgeIZ4pKwnin84V5z0JGgnPa/s2818/PXL_20240224_235902324~3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2818" data-original-width="1659" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzv6sBZpod_O_dc3-ki8mPdPJW2LYqk5uUwv0k6MEiJeJZdFckiQ15hehLQIoR1mYFD0ZDKJbKcLjRPouBMTS3tnYESVoHd_ERGC3UfpQMczx8Ro22KoWzWC1Cdus4hzRkgbFBomhDik4LpHCdhIdhCSgQE3JrBPWluiMGVgeIZ4pKwnin84V5z0JGgnPa/w376-h640/PXL_20240224_235902324~3.jpg" width="376" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><br /></span></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-63635559908692398142024-03-03T23:57:00.004-07:002024-03-04T09:03:04.461-07:00A Good Day<span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>oday was a good day. After the preceding weeks almost anything would be an improvement. Last night the nausea compelled me to take another of my hoarded, three-year-old Ondansetron. This morning I awoke hungry & able to drink. Breakfast was a few delicious bits of ham w cheese shreds on half a tortilla "waved" for 35 seconds.<div><br /></div><div>If it weren't for the nausea, I'd be suicidal from the boredom, but I've had some interesting literature: <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Airline-Style-000-feet-Mini/dp/1780673167" target="_blank">Airline: Style at 30,000 Feet</a></i> is a bizzare reminiscence of the heyday of flight when stewardesses had to have fifteen inch waists and know how to endure Trump-esque misogyny with a smile.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkgJh3gmt3-uyzRvJSgLpmjdRLdyvJjBNrTKlL1FaXowcz5PqsNug4NUR0iKUV1mHSv5qwTD1U07ayiOWNjv9vUGHIhNitkjGdRGAEWW9FMFMGJheW_Z-OjIM0pKj_EWyYCupw133vpPnOi1blXnT3iZLU_Ewt4LvO7Eiuwu_ASpIbiGSMaPGxd0aia3e/s978/6105S12XaYL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="836" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkgJh3gmt3-uyzRvJSgLpmjdRLdyvJjBNrTKlL1FaXowcz5PqsNug4NUR0iKUV1mHSv5qwTD1U07ayiOWNjv9vUGHIhNitkjGdRGAEWW9FMFMGJheW_Z-OjIM0pKj_EWyYCupw133vpPnOi1blXnT3iZLU_Ewt4LvO7Eiuwu_ASpIbiGSMaPGxd0aia3e/s320/6105S12XaYL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_~2.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>After the section on clothes came food, followed by interiors. In those days people dressed up to travel and business & first-class came with interesting food creatively presented and complimentary champaign. Still, it felt a bit like dredging the barrel.</div><div><br /></div><div>After weeks abed, I was sore and, arising from my labors, took myself off to the Chinese Massage place. Last time my hip had been acting out and after some prelim on my legs I directed her to the area of concern. She was amazingly strong and her ministrations lasted the better part of a month, but this past stint had me aching again. I was a tad apprehensive about returning as when I left last time I had the feeling she was annoyed at my not having requested a happy ending.</div><div><br /></div><div>This time, as she did my legs, she came even <i>closer</i> to my groin. I endured. When I finally forced a look at the clock and saw there was only ten minutes left and she was working my left foot again, I interrupted her and said, "Back" and rolled onto my side. </div><div><br /></div><div>At $60/hr with a $10 processing fee for using a credit card plus a $20.00 tip, I can only afford it once a month, if that. Her touch is wonderful and I'm afraid I'm gonna have to succumb to the tantalization. That'll add at <i>least</i> another half hour. If anyone feels my pain, Phoebe's maintenance fund is in the upper right of the desktop view.</div><div><br /></div><div>On the way back from Michelle's catsit I was able to go into Trader Joe's where, as I approached the entrance, a comely young Security Guard complimented me on my overalls. She followed her opener with an extemporanious singsong advert: "Overalls feel good over all." </div><div><br /></div><div>That was more than enough for me and we commenced. Over the following fifteen minutes I got to admire her Shirley Temple curls, sparkling eyes and delightfully full figure; learned she'd trained as an auto tech and taken some courses in animation. She enjoys working on vehicles but security pays better. Despite my assurance I've only nine readers, she declined to be videoed saying, "I don't wanna go viral."</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, at nearly midnight, the angina is nagging, but the nausea is still absent.</div><div><br /></div><div>A good day.</div></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-20689368171732892912024-03-03T06:30:00.001-07:002024-03-03T06:30:00.240-07:00Lair<span style="font-family: Nunito Sans; font-size: x-large;">Q</span><span style="font-family: Nunito Sans;">uality of life. Measured in a variety of ways.</span><div><span style="font-family: Nunito Sans;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXmSZOfuhgfMvoQy4SjWa8PtBW4HJdZsLJZ_hJeHuTZf9vhoT7i6lpXJTgQ6usE28wlrxPLe3Vg7tt98YbcqcLGHKWPheGu4DbGpJLfF1K1DIQ_Im5ex_R6nsrmM9LeB8wYr3Q9lp6grJAkf3EvZ4wgVBMG_y9fTHz4JIS6rYAIdaStDIePltw4rQrfHp/s4080/PXL_20240303_042640846.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXmSZOfuhgfMvoQy4SjWa8PtBW4HJdZsLJZ_hJeHuTZf9vhoT7i6lpXJTgQ6usE28wlrxPLe3Vg7tt98YbcqcLGHKWPheGu4DbGpJLfF1K1DIQ_Im5ex_R6nsrmM9LeB8wYr3Q9lp6grJAkf3EvZ4wgVBMG_y9fTHz4JIS6rYAIdaStDIePltw4rQrfHp/w482-h640/PXL_20240303_042640846.MP.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Nunito Sans;"><br /></span></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-4516292393468360362024-03-02T06:51:00.011-07:002024-03-07T15:52:27.350-07:00Name Change<span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span>'m not big on appropriating other cultures' traditions, but there're (there <i>are</i>, not there's) a number that have name-changes.<div><br /></div><div>It appears my nomadic days are at an end; likely <i>all</i> travel. Thus, "nomad" in the blog's title gets changed to "fixed," "settled."</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUm6SYWzzc3sAWvP4O19nFFsQZMR7eEUF_c5sjua0J4i9hUXTGOmZOPRcF7kPnJvjEa0yvY_w_TzpCDgARpQxNfDMqQp_JnLqS4nuhc-HqrdoaUQtTA51qdXEGVFD0qhTGrWFfo31sHKfPgj-OoMDSXrjGzswr-t6SjZmm9vmJJrgRW8q0DfJkrVj4igwM/s519/name-change-before-divorce~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="519" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUm6SYWzzc3sAWvP4O19nFFsQZMR7eEUF_c5sjua0J4i9hUXTGOmZOPRcF7kPnJvjEa0yvY_w_TzpCDgARpQxNfDMqQp_JnLqS4nuhc-HqrdoaUQtTA51qdXEGVFD0qhTGrWFfo31sHKfPgj-OoMDSXrjGzswr-t6SjZmm9vmJJrgRW8q0DfJkrVj4igwM/s320/name-change-before-divorce~2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Wahnfried is the name of Richard Wagner's (the composer) home in <a href="https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en/" target="_blank">Bayreuth</a>; it means "madness free;" being nomadic freed me from the madness. Now trapped, I'm (fortunately) losing my hearing; I augment it with earplugs.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bedridden much of the past month, I saw the full moon for a few minutes, but otherwise have gone out -- amidst the perpendiculars of pavement -- only to do errands.</div><div><br /></div><div>I feel good about managing, with phone calls and a brief personal appearance, to set up a new Death Café at the <a href="https://www.cabq.gov/family/crei/community-centers/holiday-park-community-center/holiday-park-center" target="_blank">Holiday Park Community Center.</a> There'll only be two meetings, in April & May until the Fall as the facility is tied to the school semester. They'll resume in September. Convenient for dwellers of the "Heights," Jane Westbrook will host.</div><div><br /></div><div>So<a href="https://profilesandpedigrees.blogspot.com/2024/02/disabled-but-determined-week-after.html?m=1" target="_blank">meone who's had it rough</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Update 7.Mar.24</div><div><br /></div><div>Jane decided not to do the Death Cafés.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-77202180240224432682024-03-01T20:30:00.008-07:002024-03-02T13:49:21.230-07:00Baker's Cyst<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>fter extensive badgering, Michelle's primary care provider (PCP) condescended to a doppler ultrasound. It was the possibility of a life-threatening <a href="https://www.notimetowait.com/dvt-pe-explained?cid=sem_1521092&gclid=CjwKCAiAuYuvBhApEiwAzq_YiQ37RCsK-LTTXlwTBkjZ12agG45gsXVFAVdqLXMZLSBL4SDJG5nFrhoCTokQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank">Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT</a>) that inspired her. 😠</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, it's a Baker's Cyst.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwlb019j7tH0tFvXbIoXU4BnbV1N-pNEf6QCcwD9WIAYli1WK1nLKtP9_KLLpprsTaWc2kijS8MCqTccjxxjQX2SMcbDJdgTY0KnnmN4xhEdjH2kQxqG2iM9dBff79G9_eEFGZkZHgF5dGC2XL_inZkJ1j7BM2AIVbTJbFb8Ilw_TrlCraYw1bcZ0Sv3Pe/s403/bakercyst1~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="344" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwlb019j7tH0tFvXbIoXU4BnbV1N-pNEf6QCcwD9WIAYli1WK1nLKtP9_KLLpprsTaWc2kijS8MCqTccjxxjQX2SMcbDJdgTY0KnnmN4xhEdjH2kQxqG2iM9dBff79G9_eEFGZkZHgF5dGC2XL_inZkJ1j7BM2AIVbTJbFb8Ilw_TrlCraYw1bcZ0Sv3Pe/s320/bakercyst1~2.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Baker's cyst MRI Image courtesy S Bhimji MD</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Read all about it in this <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430774/" target="_blank">Continuing Education article in the National Library of Medicine.</a></p><p>The exciting part of aging is the discovery of the myriad things that can be "problematic."</p><p style="text-align: center;">Cat-sitter Extraordinaire!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRV5WGhGOmTFY65LyP65fvj53YsQagRThLz7-Pbc60yQ4isO8OZBsBkXjgL3i0opivR3GB450fs9u95ZdUfBu9DSUu5kcGgrgbu6d3UEGkdAUeuzM2xInok_vArv2FOJCVo8BDy4_h3wdtgMkfK0Loxux2qVf5nsOAVYGx787pDgZpcS1mK8tHMuwLdhUu/s3763/PXL_20240302_022906563~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3763" data-original-width="2350" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRV5WGhGOmTFY65LyP65fvj53YsQagRThLz7-Pbc60yQ4isO8OZBsBkXjgL3i0opivR3GB450fs9u95ZdUfBu9DSUu5kcGgrgbu6d3UEGkdAUeuzM2xInok_vArv2FOJCVo8BDy4_h3wdtgMkfK0Loxux2qVf5nsOAVYGx787pDgZpcS1mK8tHMuwLdhUu/w400-h640/PXL_20240302_022906563~2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>And they say it just gets worse (<i>more</i> exciting!).</p>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-88088610563831921172024-02-27T20:33:00.004-07:002024-03-02T05:27:14.828-07:00Gastritis, Dizzyness, Nausea & Twinges, Oh, My!<span style="font-size: x-large;">Y</span>uh go along saying, "When it gets <i>that</i> bad, I'll check out." But instead of <i>that</i>, something else comes along...and you muddle through. Then the <i>next</i> thing....and the next. Each time I've come out the other side.<div><br /></div><div>The full-on panic attack a couple of days ago has me wondering how much of today's agglomeration is psychosomatic.</div><div><br /></div><div>I awoke at 9 a.m. feeling as if I was afloat in a small boat. It was really strange feeling dizzy while lying still; the slightest movement of my head made it worse.</div><div><br /></div><div>The gastritis, a symptom from the highly acidic cocktail of heart medications, has been "problematic" all along. Ongoing experiments in food & liquid combinations haven't produced any mitigating results. A couple of weeks ago it ramped up a few notches & became continuous. Nausea joined up to reduce my food intake to very little; Mr. Stomach was imitating the wicked witch of the West moaning, "I'm shrinking, I'm shrinking!"</div><div><br /></div><div>Pee is as dark as coffee...not drinking enough water.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihH46AtUfRlXJyZq-nKT5aSsHKh6nszWp68zG8EzuJ_kDNo0BJbD4J3v9Var3HT7JDdr3V0P34YtvcEa4pd41zOCldwVLqbM9QWVNP9ev5zZcM4S3eqXEOMSxtv6QLO0VOGX0iHPv7HJQ2qWacrCYTnqzFUI8klgVveE9FkXRUb_phMcUfweifQsIEFWt6/s3901/PXL_20240229_184554275~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3901" data-original-width="2708" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihH46AtUfRlXJyZq-nKT5aSsHKh6nszWp68zG8EzuJ_kDNo0BJbD4J3v9Var3HT7JDdr3V0P34YtvcEa4pd41zOCldwVLqbM9QWVNP9ev5zZcM4S3eqXEOMSxtv6QLO0VOGX0iHPv7HJQ2qWacrCYTnqzFUI8klgVveE9FkXRUb_phMcUfweifQsIEFWt6/s320/PXL_20240229_184554275~2.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In the evening <a href="https://www.deathdouladanielle.com/" target="_blank">Danielle the Death Doula</a> came over. </div><div>She looks much younger than her 40 years and lying in bed hearing first-hand her incredible tale of survival that included an NDE brought tears of empathy at her struggle and tears of happiness as she told how she's healthier than ever before. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was the NDE that changed her life and set her on the course of helping people die easily, without anxiety or fear.</div><div><br /></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-45220261363323399012024-02-26T11:53:00.019-07:002024-03-02T05:27:38.986-07:00James Fadiman - Microdosing<p> <span style="font-family: Roboto Slab; font-size: medium;">James's <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fadiman" target="_blank">wiki page.</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;">The Remarkable Results of</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;">Microdosing: James Fadiman</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6AfFM8pfy4s" width="320" youtube-src-id="6AfFM8pfy4s"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Brand" target="_blank">Stewart Bran</a>d and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_Stolaroff" target="_blank">Myron Stoloroff</a> are mentioned in James's Wiki article. Stewart started <i><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Earth_Catalog" target="_blank">The Whole Earth Catalogue </a></i>& Myron was involved in psychedelic research from the 1960s until his death in 2013. The links are to their Wiki pages.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;">An <a href="https://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/stolaroff_myron/stolaroff_myron_obituary1.shtml" target="_blank">article about Myron</a> with a phenomenal number of links to incredible stuff.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><br /></span></p><p><span><a href="https://www.matrixmasters.com/speaking/mindstates/mssun01/mssun01.html#elders" target="_blank">Mind States Program</a>. This page includes quotes from a panel of elders including Ann & Sasha Shulgin, Laura Huxley, Michael Horowitz, Cynthia Palmer, Huston Smith and Myron Stoloroff.</span></p>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-40175629788230555172024-02-22T23:30:00.012-07:002024-02-23T02:19:00.692-07:00Bosque Trails Hospice<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Bodoni Moda"; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: "Bodoni Moda";">he interview lasted two hours.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjC8tVn96U0MrNLkYYVahyiJScc2G2ge48Xy53Fe3Sq5u_XO-jc6zsu5UlpPiaRUNYLADWutKf3rddil5_fzRcdquwWbsDMVT8I2k6J1_N0xgOmX1w3i83wEt3W51w655hAw4z1-Jjsbz08w2T8BX76tPiq_nQ_BtJdnDRVjohH1UHU8N1sqIqb87D7juo/s1673/IMG_20181008_113950.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1673" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjC8tVn96U0MrNLkYYVahyiJScc2G2ge48Xy53Fe3Sq5u_XO-jc6zsu5UlpPiaRUNYLADWutKf3rddil5_fzRcdquwWbsDMVT8I2k6J1_N0xgOmX1w3i83wEt3W51w655hAw4z1-Jjsbz08w2T8BX76tPiq_nQ_BtJdnDRVjohH1UHU8N1sqIqb87D7juo/s320/IMG_20181008_113950.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I didn't qualify.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hobbled back to bed and slept from 4 - 7 pm</div><div style="text-align: center;">We spent the evening together, resting.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then, as usual, bedtime stories.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She's able to get around a little with a cane.</div></span></div>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-68398888709513926932024-02-15T18:37:00.006-07:002024-02-16T00:07:51.945-07:00Take Your LSD, Dear....<p> </p><p>.<span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;">..and you'll be alright.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;">I couldn't move. I felt paralyzed and it was all I could do to hold the phone; talking was an incredible effort. Ever since reading how Aldous had asked Laura to inject him with LSD as he waa dying, I've wanted to go that way too. But I couldn't get up to get it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;">I called the Doulas and they were busy. I called the caregiver who was with Susan, Michelle's mom, when she died. She too was busy. Finally, I called Michelle. When I'd left her lasr night she was grimacing in pain as she hopped the 15 feet from her bed to the bathroom. I really didn't think she could get to me. It's a small house, but given her level of pain, it's a long way to the <a href="https://newmexnomad.blogspot.com/2020/06/smirket-room.html?m=1" target="_blank">Smirket Room (SR</a>). But she managed to cut me a dose and pass it into my upturned palm. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;">This painting by <a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/janet-rontz-obituary?pid=178343554" target="_blank">Janet Rontz </a>provides nice contrast to the wall of the SR. I haven't heard from the Rontz's in decades. No doubt they died long ago. Janet made large paintings of flowers....the ones she saw on their visits to Hawai'i. This was an anomoly in her oeuvré.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSXWADyQvkakARpDPhckZABq1eK12_IXxTlPy4oKukBcteHVbDGSRyBG5FaDK3S9dOp_euR6Gs3oHskiNorawGaLZ96g_BVPKwU3C_ZboLWYsuGfBC96IBztF3yQr1Vk9h-SnwQrO5L4f3Hjqz7eOoUDOJipNO1rArG6-mxNG39ZFaqWrr7eDctiQ4pse/s3987/PXL_20240215_194520971.MP~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3987" data-original-width="2990" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSXWADyQvkakARpDPhckZABq1eK12_IXxTlPy4oKukBcteHVbDGSRyBG5FaDK3S9dOp_euR6Gs3oHskiNorawGaLZ96g_BVPKwU3C_ZboLWYsuGfBC96IBztF3yQr1Vk9h-SnwQrO5L4f3Hjqz7eOoUDOJipNO1rArG6-mxNG39ZFaqWrr7eDctiQ4pse/w480-h640/PXL_20240215_194520971.MP~2.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;">Less than 10 hours later and I'm not bak on muh feets, but d'mouf iz movin' agin, ah kin tawk.At 256 pds an' rising, there's some ambivalence about whether that's a good thang. </span></p>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-47621041112868862442024-02-14T23:42:00.006-07:002024-03-02T05:29:18.586-07:00Michelle's Knee<p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda; font-size: x-large;">G</span><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;">ave out. She injured it last week on the leg press in the Holiday Park Fitness Room. We'll try for an MRI tomorrow. Finding coverage for the catsits is a priority.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;">The three-plus hours of the Death Planning seminar yesterday had me laid up all day today. As informative as they are, doubt I'll attend again; just don't have the energy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"><br /></span></p>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818899213276405259.post-88155149684736229892024-02-08T23:15:00.007-07:002024-02-09T11:52:58.303-07:00Sikelianos-Carter at San Luis Obispo Museum of Art<p> <span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda; font-size: x-large;">A</span><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"> vicarious experience.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;">I got taken along as <a href="https://newmexnomad.blogspot.com/2023/07/parting.html?m=1" target="_blank">She-of-the-Capri</a> visited the museum. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;">Braided yarn and twine resemble the way some people of color "do" their hair. Sp</span><span style="font-family: "Bodoni Moda"; text-align: center;">read fingers to "largen" for detail.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyDMQyBB5eVT3U-LoQp1ffSmed-D6Vwr1X61J5205KP9Bw9eilFsLuimkyuZaJMRVjoIpXD8t2gPAUTX-mOn_E0NUyp6jjJ-Itl0Ka76bUIHDp9SFXdGd5ETl1JEvcoL4ZMyTYw_eXlIiM3Isq1lxdzJKzFvHzzanJEiTpJlaySFwj2K22kihgIDO_zng/s4032/IMG_1073.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyDMQyBB5eVT3U-LoQp1ffSmed-D6Vwr1X61J5205KP9Bw9eilFsLuimkyuZaJMRVjoIpXD8t2gPAUTX-mOn_E0NUyp6jjJ-Itl0Ka76bUIHDp9SFXdGd5ETl1JEvcoL4ZMyTYw_eXlIiM3Isq1lxdzJKzFvHzzanJEiTpJlaySFwj2K22kihgIDO_zng/w480-h640/IMG_1073.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWibVcPipz-I9am0ndpDHi4ZaOXmz6_YA_C7yVyUUUKoAO61E7m2L_qcXw_-kvEom_3jUrZ96lerDP7L50eJrY7_EJF_wam-BxajqPElJj3nRw_pZLnPLAvTqxkQwHGqXCxtbSH9580gldOk7FRFwzIppx-DFoTauHzTiICvPA4kEHOAnxek5dP2U88ct/s4022/IMG_1074~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2946" data-original-width="4022" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWibVcPipz-I9am0ndpDHi4ZaOXmz6_YA_C7yVyUUUKoAO61E7m2L_qcXw_-kvEom_3jUrZ96lerDP7L50eJrY7_EJF_wam-BxajqPElJj3nRw_pZLnPLAvTqxkQwHGqXCxtbSH9580gldOk7FRFwzIppx-DFoTauHzTiICvPA4kEHOAnxek5dP2U88ct/w640-h468/IMG_1074~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Various glitters shift colors as one moves.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZlWv32W_3nPrHFGrBCmjoCECzniNXjld-22fM3WW5MbJ852bwDoHJ1uXSMvN4K9RdDW6MD5tvLwVrj3nNw9nDLYKlLdT_mg5pSa47wMPvyWN79kN2ySmMIOANfVlHr1QVY8ivwMvv0iVgcSSMkeG83gN_iADSEXjULP4wHovH-MAvzE5A4Idewy02dM7K/s1280/IMG_1075.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZlWv32W_3nPrHFGrBCmjoCECzniNXjld-22fM3WW5MbJ852bwDoHJ1uXSMvN4K9RdDW6MD5tvLwVrj3nNw9nDLYKlLdT_mg5pSa47wMPvyWN79kN2ySmMIOANfVlHr1QVY8ivwMvv0iVgcSSMkeG83gN_iADSEXjULP4wHovH-MAvzE5A4Idewy02dM7K/w640-h480/IMG_1075.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;">It helps to read the arist's statement</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqREe_B4D9Mb8Uqv7HUDl_lMOsTHg7yw_VKRmWaGkk5mQcCXzVio14ahcQUzKgdcRMcUt1UZYj0rN5L1iL0bDEMoY_e0lulOVaUsUep8WwdJ3hLgTvUiKBmjSa56Xd27wH5Q-kXMqKovP5yc7DTv7Y_jctkIAv_7jAbHXxtiTVQv9Bk7YdSoCn9DQSyjl/s3024/IMG_1076~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3001" data-original-width="3024" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqREe_B4D9Mb8Uqv7HUDl_lMOsTHg7yw_VKRmWaGkk5mQcCXzVio14ahcQUzKgdcRMcUt1UZYj0rN5L1iL0bDEMoY_e0lulOVaUsUep8WwdJ3hLgTvUiKBmjSa56Xd27wH5Q-kXMqKovP5yc7DTv7Y_jctkIAv_7jAbHXxtiTVQv9Bk7YdSoCn9DQSyjl/w640-h636/IMG_1076~2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Bodoni Moda; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.alisasikelianoscarter.com/" target="_blank">Her website</a></span><p></p>MFHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495926455768090923noreply@blogger.com0