How ironic that I set a sunshine photo to post on the day New England finally gets a real snowstorm. LOL! May it be known that as the 12th began, the skies over my house were clear and full of stars. The moon rose large and beautiful tonight.
listener--like Bill, I agree and disagree with Ron Paul, and don't think he stands a snowball's chance in Hell of being elected President. But he lends some interest to the Republican race, unlike the others. I think I could work with him (like Dennis Kuchinich has), and he doesn't strike me as mean spirited. It occurs to me to wonder if he might influence the R's the way Huey Long pushed FDR to the left.
puddle--granted that the modifications to my GI tract were at the opposite end from yours, my experience is that it takes a long time both for physical adaptation of the new arrangements and to learn how it feels and operates. listener's idea that the meds help things to relax so healing can take place sounds very credible. And even when one is on steady opiates there is going to be some breakthrough pain; taking pain meds when it hurts rather than according to a schedule can be a bad idea--more pain, and more chance of addiction. But one has to figure it out for oneself, and the healing can't be rushed.
Got my copy of CS Forester's just published lost detective novel written in 1935, The Pursued. I noticed there were both UK and Canadian prices, and sure enough, it is published in Canada. But not available in the US.
This storm has a very strange personality! We've had a little bit of everything today, but just a little bit.
It appears we got the tiniest dusting of snow, then rain then sleet and ice (there's a crust out there), then it switched back to snow for about 15 minutes, really coming down for about 2 minutes, and now it's snowing but lighter and ... different. I think it must be switching over to something else again.
Good day to stay home and nestle in. However, I work at the Book Mine 3-8pm.
Alan (and Bill) ~ Good point about Ron Paul and his influence on the Republican dialogue. This is a good part of why the Founding Fathers wanted us to have a lot of candidates.
Catreona ~ How are you faring in the storm(s)? I see some areas just to your west got as much as 6" of snow.
Took my Roxicet this morning, and everything seems to be staying down pretty much. But often it does on day three anyways. Will run this a few more times to see if there's a consistent difference. . . . And Thanks! Alan for the wisdom: I know you're right. Just can't help being a little impatient (imp-patient?), lol! Said after I delayed for six years looking after this.
But yanno: so many don't wait, and spend the same six years or so being treated for GERD. . . . The advantage, if there is one, to my method is that I was solidly ahold of pretty much all the facts I needed, and had done major adjusting. There's a poor woman on my support group board who, after five years being treated for GERD, was finally diagnosed this fall, and had her Heller about the time of my ER trip. She's now having problems with it, and is MAJOR pissed. And scared. She's never had the time to adjust. Just diagnosed and promised a fix in about two months, and three months later it's having glitches. BUT -- she can still eat pizza! And could even before the Heller.
My heart goes out to all people who struggle just to eat, whether it be for reasons of ailment or poverty. Sounds like she has some of both to grapple with. That has to be incredibly difficult. What a difference a stable life situation makes.
Ah. Not not poor as in lack of money, lol! Poor as in sad/pitiable. She and her hubby actually are doing very well: just moved into their dream house on their 25th anniversary, and were looking forward to entertaining by their new pool, and traveling. Now she feels she can do neither, and everything they've struggled for is naught. As she withdraws more from public stuff, she's afraid for her marriage: that he'll leave her behind because she can no longer share the things they've most enjoyed. And she thinks she's disgusting to her teenage boys. . . . I really do ache for her. But I do also see she's been offered a lot of hands emotionally and information-wise, and she picks up on the support, but is very helpless where the information is concerned.
Some people don't process information. Nothing to do with intelligence or lack thereof as such, but more a matter of regarding one's body as some sort of foreign and distasteful if not scary entity that one need take no active interest in. The doctor will take care of it and that's all one need know about it.
Keen insight, Cat. Also rings very true. For her, and a number of others in the group. Unfortunately this is a disease that doctors, even the ones *supposed* to be taking care of it don't know much about. Nor, it seems, do they care to find out.
Thinking I'm an honest heir to my mother's way of being. Like your doctor, but find out on your own. I knew she was "gone" when I was learning her meds, and asking what each one was for. "Blood pressure." What *is* your blood pressure? "I don't know. He said it was high." Whoever answered me was NOT the woman who raised me. . . .
Think maybe finally being grown up is when you realize your parents are ceasing to be the people you've always known. And even the beginnings of that is frightening.
Finally being grown up is when you realise YOU are ceasing to have all the faculties you thought you once had...and you're not sure whether you had faculties that now evade you or whether it's just that you're no longer in denial about not having them. LOL!
I'm truly sad for the woman who has been married for 25 years and isn't sure her husband will keep her if she's less than perfect. Yikes! I hope they get to enjoy their dream house and said husband proves his good mettle.
Weird. On my usual IE browser, as soon as HEP started to show the number of comments so I could link, the page blanked. I assumed that was a blogspot problem. But now I've finally decided to try Firefox and -- lo and behold! -- the site works. And obvious has been all day.
Don't know what's going on with IE. It won't let me post comments on Prairie State Blue either. Which is why I got Firefox in the first place.
First major snowstorm of the year here too. Started about the time I got up and has continued more or less constantly since. Prediction is 3-5" (down from the 4-8 in yesterday's newspaper).
Cat--I am torn between the CS Forester and a Darkover anthology I barely started. Hmmm….I think I will take a sabbatical from Darkover, commence with Payment Deferred, which is said to be the first modern psychological crime novel, followed by The Pursued.
listener--I promised some (nonprofessional) feedback on Zenna Henderson's Holding Wonder anthology. It contains one story from the "The People" series, which I had read and therefore skipped. It's rather dated because it has a lot of stories about the future as we envisioned it in the 1960's or thereabouts. Several post-apocalyptic stories, and some interesting experiments with future evolution of colloquial English, such as L. Sprague de Camp speculated about [Language For Time Travelers (1938)], and some cultural references that would be obvious to someone in their sixties, but obscure to some degree among young 'uns. The Closest School (1960) remains my favorite of the bunch, and Through a Glass--Darkly has a decidedly interesting turn at the end.
puddle--you wouldn't be human if you weren't a bit impatient for things to settle down into an approximation of "normal." It pains me to hear of the support group member who is having such psychological problems. All medical problems have a psychiatric component, and sometimes it is major. I'm with listener--hoping for her husband to come through for her, or rather for them.
"When historians come to write about the digital transformation currently engulfing the book-publishing world, they will almost certainly refer to Amanda Hocking, writer of paranormal fiction who in the past 18 months has emerged from obscurity to bestselling status entirely under her own self-published steam."
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ReplyDeleteHow ironic that I set a sunshine photo to post on the day New England finally gets a real snowstorm. LOL!
May it be known that as the 12th began, the skies over my house were clear and full of stars.
The moon rose large and beautiful tonight.
{{{ ♥ puddle ♥ }}}
ReplyDeleteTake care, as there appears to be Some Weather down your way tonight. One of those thunderstorms is a rotating thunderstorm (supercell).
Putnam County, WV
Rotating Thunderstorm (C6)
Echo Top: 6,000 ft.
Speed: 22 mph (19 knots)
Direction (from): WSW (252)
Nothing on radar or at Weatherunderground to indicate any worry. Been drizzling/raining since afternoon, though. Kinda soggy. Enjoy your snowstorm!
ReplyDeletelistener--like Bill, I agree and disagree with Ron Paul, and don't think he stands a snowball's chance in Hell of being elected President. But he lends some interest to the Republican race, unlike the others. I think I could work with him (like Dennis Kuchinich has), and he doesn't strike me as mean spirited. It occurs to me to wonder if he might influence the R's the way Huey Long pushed FDR to the left.
ReplyDeletepuddle--granted that the modifications to my GI tract were at the opposite end from yours, my experience is that it takes a long time both for physical adaptation of the new arrangements and to learn how it feels and operates. listener's idea that the meds help things to relax so healing can take place sounds very credible. And even when one is on steady opiates there is going to be some breakthrough pain; taking pain meds when it hurts rather than according to a schedule can be a bad idea--more pain, and more chance of addiction. But one has to figure it out for oneself, and the healing can't be rushed.
Got my copy of CS Forester's just published lost detective novel written in 1935, The Pursued. I noticed there were both UK and Canadian prices, and sure enough, it is published in Canada. But not available in the US.
This storm has a very strange personality!
ReplyDeleteWe've had a little bit of everything today, but just a little bit.
It appears we got the tiniest dusting of snow, then rain then sleet and ice (there's a crust out there), then it switched back to snow for about 15 minutes, really coming down for about 2 minutes, and now it's snowing but lighter and ... different. I think it must be switching over to something else again.
Good day to stay home and nestle in. However, I work at the Book Mine 3-8pm.
Alan (and Bill) ~ Good point about Ron Paul and his influence on the Republican dialogue. This is a good part of why the Founding Fathers wanted us to have a lot of candidates.
Catreona ~ How are you faring in the storm(s)? I see some areas just to your west got as much as 6" of snow.
puddle ~ Sooo glad it was a bust where you are!!
Waiting with you on scan results, Alan. ♥
ReplyDeleteTook my Roxicet this morning, and everything seems to be staying down pretty much. But often it does on day three anyways. Will run this a few more times to see if there's a consistent difference. . . . And Thanks! Alan for the wisdom: I know you're right. Just can't help being a little impatient (imp-patient?), lol! Said after I delayed for six years looking after this.
ReplyDeleteBut yanno: so many don't wait, and spend the same six years or so being treated for GERD. . . . The advantage, if there is one, to my method is that I was solidly ahold of pretty much all the facts I needed, and had done major adjusting. There's a poor woman on my support group board who, after five years being treated for GERD, was finally diagnosed this fall, and had her Heller about the time of my ER trip. She's now having problems with it, and is MAJOR pissed. And scared. She's never had the time to adjust. Just diagnosed and promised a fix in about two months, and three months later it's having glitches. BUT -- she can still eat pizza! And could even before the Heller.
My heart goes out to all people who struggle just to eat, whether it be for reasons of ailment or poverty. Sounds like she has some of both to grapple with. That has to be incredibly difficult. What a difference a stable life situation makes.
ReplyDeleteAh. Not not poor as in lack of money, lol! Poor as in sad/pitiable. She and her hubby actually are doing very well: just moved into their dream house on their 25th anniversary, and were looking forward to entertaining by their new pool, and traveling. Now she feels she can do neither, and everything they've struggled for is naught. As she withdraws more from public stuff, she's afraid for her marriage: that he'll leave her behind because she can no longer share the things they've most enjoyed. And she thinks she's disgusting to her teenage boys. . . . I really do ache for her. But I do also see she's been offered a lot of hands emotionally and information-wise, and she picks up on the support, but is very helpless where the information is concerned.
ReplyDeletePretty picture, listener!
ReplyDeleteAlan, I'll be interested to hear what you think of the novel.
ReplyDeleteA lot of fuss and palaver, rain and wind last night, but hardly any snow to speak of and none that stuck. Blah!
ReplyDeleteSome people don't process information. Nothing to do with intelligence or lack thereof as such, but more a matter of regarding one's body as some sort of foreign and distasteful if not scary entity that one need take no active interest in. The doctor will take care of it and that's all one need know about it.
ReplyDeleteKeen insight, Cat. Also rings very true. For her, and a number of others in the group. Unfortunately this is a disease that doctors, even the ones *supposed* to be taking care of it don't know much about. Nor, it seems, do they care to find out.
ReplyDeleteThinking I'm an honest heir to my mother's way of being. Like your doctor, but find out on your own. I knew she was "gone" when I was learning her meds, and asking what each one was for. "Blood pressure." What *is* your blood pressure? "I don't know. He said it was high." Whoever answered me was NOT the woman who raised me. . . .
ReplyDeleteScary.
ReplyDeleteThink maybe finally being grown up is when you realize your parents are ceasing to be the people you've always known. And even the beginnings of that is frightening.
Thanks, Cat! It was a gorgeous day, that.
ReplyDeleteI love it when the snow is white and the sky is blue!!
Finally being grown up is when you realise YOU are ceasing to have all the faculties you thought you once had...and you're not sure whether you had faculties that now evade you or whether it's just that you're no longer in denial about not having them. LOL!
ReplyDeleteI'm truly sad for the woman who has been married for 25 years and isn't sure her husband will keep her if she's less than perfect. Yikes! I hope they get to enjoy their dream house and said husband proves his good mettle.
Faculties? What are these faculties you speak of?
ReplyDeleteYeah, it doesn't get much better than that.
ReplyDeleteWeird. On my usual IE browser, as soon as HEP started to show the number of comments so I could link, the page blanked. I assumed that was a blogspot problem. But now I've finally decided to try Firefox and -- lo and behold! -- the site works. And obvious has been all day.
ReplyDeleteDon't know what's going on with IE. It won't let me post comments on Prairie State Blue either. Which is why I got Firefox in the first place.
First major snowstorm of the year here too. Started about the time I got up and has continued more or less constantly since. Prediction is 3-5" (down from the 4-8 in yesterday's newspaper).
ReplyDeleteOops. Should have figured that I needed to enter my name when using a new browser.
ReplyDeleteCat--I am torn between the CS Forester and a Darkover anthology I barely started. Hmmm….I think I will take a sabbatical from Darkover, commence with Payment Deferred, which is said to be the first modern psychological crime novel, followed by The Pursued.
ReplyDeletelistener--I promised some (nonprofessional) feedback on Zenna Henderson's Holding Wonder anthology. It contains one story from the "The People" series, which I had read and therefore skipped. It's rather dated because it has a lot of stories about the future as we envisioned it in the 1960's or thereabouts. Several post-apocalyptic stories, and some interesting experiments with future evolution of colloquial English, such as L. Sprague de Camp speculated about [Language For Time Travelers (1938)], and some cultural references that would be obvious to someone in their sixties, but obscure to some degree among young 'uns. The Closest School (1960) remains my favorite of the bunch, and Through a Glass--Darkly has a decidedly interesting turn at the end.
puddle--you wouldn't be human if you weren't a bit impatient for things to settle down into an approximation of "normal." It pains me to hear of the support group member who is having such psychological problems. All medical problems have a psychiatric component, and sometimes it is major. I'm with listener--hoping for her husband to come through for her, or rather for them.
"When historians come to write about the digital transformation currently engulfing the book-publishing world, they will almost certainly refer to Amanda Hocking, writer of paranormal fiction who in the past 18 months has emerged from obscurity to bestselling status entirely under her own self-published steam."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/12/amanda-hocking-self-publishing