Another Seasonal Haiku

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…

This weekend has been about stoicism. Or the lack thereof. The predinisone I was taking ended today. I started with a large dose of pred on Monday,and tapered down to the smallest last dose today. Mid-week things were starting to feel better. This weekend they are worse than last weekend. My arm feels as though…

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There’s a good article in today’s online edition of the New York Times. Entitled “Internet Gives Teenage Bullies Weapons to Wound From Afar the article gives an overview of online cruelty. A line from the article: The new weapons in the teenage arsenal of social cruelty include stealing each others’ screen names and sending inflammatory…

A few shorts from the weekend, in no particular order: Uncle Freddie and I were walking away from the niche after the urn had been set to rest in its nook. Uncle Freddie was one of The Socialist’s grandmother’s brothers. He is also a retired minister, and had officiated at the funeral. Uncle Freddie had…

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