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Jun 14 Solace

It’s important to keep on keeping on, to feel good about yourself and be happy with who you are. Sonia Rykiel Yet another sleepless night, feeling sorry for all the bad things in my life. The ever present worry about my health, windstorms, thunder pouring rain. When I thought it couldn’t get worse it did….


Jun 13 Lightning

How can they beat me? I’ve been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice. LeeTrevino It has been a few days since I wrote in here. I have been on the mend after my back incident, the pharma prescribed I think did more harm than good which seems to be the…


May 31 Worse hurt ⭐⭐⭐⭐

No man is hurt but by himself. Diogenes I am a little worried. I did too much lifting and I threw out my lower back again, only much worse than before. I had to crawl up the stairs to my loft. I managed to get back in to bed but now I can’t move. I…


May 29

If I told you everything is alright I would be lying. My back and rib pain are beyond belief, yet I continue, cats are all watered and fed, wasn’t able to make coffee this morning, but I am having warm water and honey. That will do for now. Getting down to feed the animals was…


May 28 It’s back again

  It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. Julius Caesar I mean the back pain, it is worse than ever, walking down the ten stairs, to the kitchen caused a yelling spree. Scared the cats almost to death. Yet…


May 27

More rain, torential downpours between the sunny periods. More back pain, with assorted other pains. No painting deck boards. No building a deck. More hurry up and wait.


May 26 Rain & Rib

Into each life some rain must fall. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The day started out ok, then the rain came. Another days wait for the outside work. I managed to do the heavy cat boxes and some other menial jobs. I had some escapees, I swear I only left the door unlatched for less than a…


May 25 Day off?

Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens. Noam Chomsky The back pain is less today but not gone. It was a slow and painful trip out to the water tank to get my five-gallon pail of water to filter. There was something swimming in it. Something small. Ya don’t worry I filter it twice…


May 24 Back Out

All this pain is going to come back and make me stronger. Clarence Clemons There are forces that seem to work against me. Yesterday I had a productive day planned. I got started on doing some work minor cleanup and then it happened something snapped in my lower back. The pain was excruciating, and yes…


May 20