Samhain Full Thanksgiving Moon Losing my wisdom impacted my jaw bone. Bad. It still hurts. Very distracting and annoying. Sierra Club tonight working on a hiring committee and then the Legcom, still trying to suss out what the elections meant. In a strange way I think the challenge of a Republican legislature and a Democratic […]
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Samhain Waxing Thanksgiving Moon The card gods were pretty good to me. I had some good hands, some good luck and a lot of fun tonight at sheepshead. We had a great evening with a lot of laughter. It’s nice to be with guys who can see the humor in their own lives. The wisdom […]
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Samhain Waxing Thanksgiving Moon Well. A good night’s sleep, little swelling this morning and no discernible pain. So far this recovery has had no bite other than fatigue and disorientation, some of which continues this morning. Still taking the ibuprofen but I only used one of the vicodin. The new political reality has us […]
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Samhain Waxing Thanksgiving Moon The gauze is out and the long acting anesthetic still has control of the pain. Cold packs on my right every half hour, ibuprofen and vicodin for bedtime. Should be ok, though tomorrow could be worse than today. Cheer up, things could be worse. I cheered up and, sure enough, things […]
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Samhain Waxing Thanksgiving Moon Woke up on a blue plastic couch, a bit chilly. A woman filled a syringe, I could see her through a small window. There was a slight fog in my perception, a kind of garbling to my thought, courtesy of the versid and fentanyl. Took me a moment to orient myself, […]
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Samhain Waxing Thanksgiving Moon Wisdom teeth. Well, I still have a couple. A while back I had the first two yanked out, but the ensuing weekend and week made me hold off on the other two. Until now. Faced with the imminent loss of dental insurance, or at least a changed plan, I asked […]
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Night Talk
Samhain Waning Thanksgiving Moon Though the pain has subsided, it still keeps me awake without medication. So, I’m up at 6 am, a rarity for me these days. When Kate shifts off regular work, no longer comes home around 10 pm, then I’ll go back to an earlier bed time and 6 might not be […]
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