The oddest conversation. I am sitting in my office at work and a fellow with an intellectual disability pops in and says that he’d heard that I’d been sick. I told him that I had been. He said that he’d heard that I’d been very sick. I told him that was true that I had […]
If on the odd chance you have the opportunity to walk by the bedroom of a couple that’s been together for over 40 years and you hear gulps of pleasure emanating from the room. 8 out of ten times on the other side of the door, they’re scratching each other’s backs. Yeah. Man. Sex is […]
Something quite wonderful happened yesterday. To understand why it was so wonderful, you’ll need some context. So here goes … Because I have a history of making bad, even stupid, decisions about my health, my initial fall and loss of strength didn’t trigger an immediate trip to the hospital. No, that happened on a Saturday […]
Spotless. Uncluttered. Organized. I came through the door and almost didn’t recognize the place. Joe had been busy cleaning and tidying and it really showed. The place hasn’t been like this since, well, never. We don’t live like this. We’re clean but we’re untidy. Books piled on the couch. Papers littering the front room. Dog […]
So. It’s been a rough ride. I apologize for simply disappearing from this blog. I’ve heard from some of you, thank you for your concern. You were right to be concerned. I went to bed one night feeling good, feeling strong, having had a good workout and looking forward to the next day. I got […]
The noise caught her attention first. She wasn’t startled by it, not at all, but it did call for her to look over towards the door. We were entering the mall through a different entrance than we normally use. As we went through the center set of doors, I made the comment that every entrance […]
We were waiting to go into a clinic where I’ve gotten an appointment to see a nurse. There are a number of people waiting and we’d had a difficult time finding a place for me to park my chair. I’m very wary of ‘sticking out’ or ‘being in people’s way,’ so Joe and I have […]
I do not apologize for believing Jussie Smollett. There is a growing chorus of people who, delighted at the idea that his beating and abuse was faked, are taking control of the discussion of racism and homophobia. They feel they are in the driver’s seat now, as if they haven’t always been, and are making […]
Some think that researchers are people who sit behind computers and dream up studies of little consequence. We have come to be a society that has discarded facts and lionized opinion. But research can do something magical with their statistical wizardry if it asks important questions. Questions that have the potential for real life impact. […]
It was hard going. I was pushing uphill, on carpet, and was working very hard. I could feel my muscles burning, I could feel forward motion. “This is what it’s all for,” I thought, as I crept slowly towards the top of the long ramp. The hours in the gym, the hours with dumbbells at […]
