A Seasonal Haiku

Take the title any way you wish. The people seated in the rows immediately adjacent to my seat on the plane must have all been decent, God-fearing people, because whatever lord they prayed to protected them from danger last Tuesday afternoon. I ran out of highly combustible gases shortly before they would have made me…

I may have mentioned before that my office is in an out-of-the-way spot in the middle of a parking lot, surrounded by truck traffic and construction. I have purchased red and pink geraniums, and put up a window box at my office window and another at the top of the stairs leading in to my…

to Stan Rogers tonight. Balm for the soul. A Matter of Heart lyrics and music by Stan Rogers found on: From Coffee House To Concert Hall We live in fear of no one to love us Of feeling like an empty hole With no kind heart or strengthening hand To light the dark and secret…

Well, the tour I did yesterday went well. At least, I think it did. Nobody complained, and that’s at least a 90% success rating in my book. One unfortunate problem I ran into had to do with the facemask I now need to wear in many areas of the company I work for. I’m immunosuppressed,…

Please keep me in your thoughts. I’m leaving for the hospital now. They found a liver for me.

Ah, what’s wrong with my legs? I’m on a medication that keeps my blood from clotting as quickly as normal people’s blood does. Four years ago, as a fourth year veterinary student, I was kicked by a thoroughbred in my front right thigh. Because I bleed easily, the kick caused a lot of damage, and…