Wow. I came by to post and saw that the title showed with no photo below it. (A much more open view than I was trying to portray! Ha!) When I went into Blogger, though, I could see the photo. I wonder what the glitch could have been. What worked was to remove the photo that was there and place a new copy of it in place. Now it's visible! I've never seen that happen before and for a second I wondered if we were being hacked.
Yes, a good read, puddle. But only 70% of folks there voted for Trump? In my precinct, in the Appalachia of the West, 78% voted for Trump, 16% for HRC, and 6% (including me) for someone else (or for no one).
Thinking of your comments on your mother not being able to admit being mistaken, listener, my mother in her later years was continually making flawed associations between things in a way that gave her offense, which she directed at others. If she knew only A and C she would invent B, no matter if her invention contradicted the facts or not--as long as it gave her grounds to be offended. When younger there were some hints of that, but in later years it became really, really bad. It really wouldn't be surprising if such mental decline were contributory to DT's behavior.
It's very difficult to know whether to be worried about my mother, whether she is declining because, though often her behavior, reactions to things, etc. seem extreme or inappropriate, it's really just the same as she has always been only more so. At what point does temperament, disposition, whatever you want to call it, become mental decline?
I suppose it's only something to be dealt with when it shows a lack of reality that could be dangerous. I remember a friend who was meandering into Alzheimer's first noticed it when she was driving home and lost her way quite badly. Like, she ended up in a different state. Suddenly she simply had no idea how to get home or where home was. However, she knew that this wasn't normal. So she walked into a doctor's office she happened upon and told them she needed help. She chose the doctor's office because her husband was a doctor, so it had a familiar feeling about it.
As for tendencies that already existed getting markedly stronger, that might not always be dementia. That might be inhibitions falling away as we age and mature, because we no longer suffer fools gladly. It's what the terms "Old Crone" and "crotchety" were created for! But if it's cruel (and not merely opinionated) one hopes that sanity can yet be appealed to. It isn't illegal to have an opinion, however sour. It is a problem when it drags down the people around you. My heart goes out to family members.
Cat--I think one *knows* when it shows. My mom had always been warm, friendly and people oriented. The day I was watching Oprah with her, and she insisted that she'd gone to high school with her. . . . How much MY arguing with her that it wasn't possible was evidence of MY decline, I don't want to think about. . . .
Eighteen US volcanoes considered 'very high threat', government says [Click] Long Valley Caldera[Click] , which is due east of here, in the Sierra Nevada, makes it into the Top 18 List! It is in a rather remote place, hasn’t gone off in a long time, and is only showing a bit of activity—but it is a supervolcano. The last time it went off, ash fell as far east as Nebraska and Kansas, and one pyroclastic flow went over the crest of the Sierra Nevada and down into the watershed of the San Joaquin River (which flows just below our house). But that was 760,000 years ago, and the magma chamber is now just partly partially molten.
Alan, your volcano makes me feel that I live in about the most sedate place on Earth. With the relative safety here and the beauty of the landscape, and no billboards, is it any wonder Vermont is a kinder place?
Wow. I came by to post and saw that the title showed with no photo below it. (A much more open view than I was trying to portray! Ha!) When I went into Blogger, though, I could see the photo. I wonder what the glitch could have been. What worked was to remove the photo that was there and place a new copy of it in place. Now it's visible! I've never seen that happen before and for a second I wondered if we were being hacked.
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ReplyDeleteThis is very good. It's about my cross border neighbors, for one. . . .
ReplyDeletehttps://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/november-december-2018/the-democrats-of-trump-country/
Yes, a good read, puddle. But only 70% of folks there voted for Trump? In my precinct, in the Appalachia of the West, 78% voted for Trump, 16% for HRC, and 6% (including me) for someone else (or for no one).
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Thinking of your comments on your mother not being able to admit being mistaken, listener, my mother in her later years was continually making flawed associations between things in a way that gave her offense, which she directed at others. If she knew only A and C she would invent B, no matter if her invention contradicted the facts or not--as long as it gave her grounds to be offended. When younger there were some hints of that, but in later years it became really, really bad. It really wouldn't be surprising if such mental decline were contributory to DT's behavior.
ReplyDeleteIt's very difficult to know whether to be worried about my mother, whether she is declining because, though often her behavior, reactions to things, etc. seem extreme or inappropriate, it's really just the same as she has always been only more so. At what point does temperament, disposition, whatever you want to call it, become mental decline?
DeleteI suppose it's only something to be dealt with when it shows a lack of reality that could be dangerous. I remember a friend who was meandering into Alzheimer's first noticed it when she was driving home and lost her way quite badly. Like, she ended up in a different state. Suddenly she simply had no idea how to get home or where home was. However, she knew that this wasn't normal. So she walked into a doctor's office she happened upon and told them she needed help. She chose the doctor's office because her husband was a doctor, so it had a familiar feeling about it.
DeleteAs for tendencies that already existed getting markedly stronger, that might not always be dementia. That might be inhibitions falling away as we age and mature, because we no longer suffer fools gladly. It's what the terms "Old Crone" and "crotchety" were created for! But if it's cruel (and not merely opinionated) one hopes that sanity can yet be appealed to. It isn't illegal to have an opinion, however sour. It is a problem when it drags down the people around you. My heart goes out to family members.
Cat--I think one *knows* when it shows. My mom had always been warm, friendly and people oriented. The day I was watching Oprah with her, and she insisted that she'd gone to high school with her. . . . How much MY arguing with her that it wasn't possible was evidence of MY decline, I don't want to think about. . . .
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DeleteWell, *my* decline is ongoing and precipitous, that's for sure. :)
Two ways Democrats can remove Kavanaugh — without impeaching him [Click] Washington Post
ReplyDeleteNate Silver will make one firm prediction about the midterms. Most journalists won’t want to hear it. [Click] Also Washington Post
WaPo won't let me read unless I pay $1. So I googled and got the gist.
DeleteWhat I think is happening is that chaos in our nation is making polling impossible. Let's just all rock the vote.
Eighteen US volcanoes considered 'very high threat', government says [Click] Long Valley Caldera[Click] , which is due east of here, in the Sierra Nevada, makes it into the Top 18 List! It is in a rather remote place, hasn’t gone off in a long time, and is only showing a bit of activity—but it is a supervolcano. The last time it went off, ash fell as far east as Nebraska and Kansas, and one pyroclastic flow went over the crest of the Sierra Nevada and down into the watershed of the San Joaquin River (which flows just below our house). But that was 760,000 years ago, and the magma chamber is now just partly partially molten.
ReplyDeleteI thought Long Valley was about a hundred miles east of here, but checked the map--it is about 70 miles northeast.
DeleteAlan, your volcano makes me feel that I live in about the most sedate place on Earth. With the relative safety here and the beauty of the landscape, and no billboards, is it any wonder Vermont is a kinder place?
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