Sunday, October 18, 2009
October Snow
You heard right. It is snowing in Portland. If you saw the Patriots game, you saw Brady throw 6 touchdown passes in the third quarter... in the snow in Boston. I wonder what it is doing in Hawaii? I have a roof to finish this week, so please Lord, don't overdo it. Please?
Saturday, October 17, 2009
OK, this is not going so well. I guess that I will have to be more disciplined. Mostly right now I am feeling older. Well that makes sense because several milestones have just passed. October !, I turned 58, and Oct 16, yesterday, Beth and I celebrated our 27th wedding aniversary. Not alot of hoopla, but the birthday was fun with lots of friends over for great food and also to wish Colin and Rania well as they move on to their new home in West Philly.
My body is talking to me. The middle finger on my left hand decided to remind me that it should not be taken for granted. Out of the blue, while doing nothing out of the ordinary, I got an excruciating pain while trying to grip/close my hand. Just that one finger! What a pain. Apparently, this a digit I use constantly. I have resorted to an improvised splint to limit it's range and avoid the painful reminder. Cramp or stress fracture... I'm not sure. Maybe arthritis, or just oldness.
Then, yesterday, my left foot started to talk to me. I thought it was something in my shoe at first or a tear in my foot orthotic (I have flat feet since forever). Well, it turns out that a tendon that runs from the front of my foot towards the heel is inflamed in my arch and is crying for relief. I know this because of an earlier incident. Ice, ibuprofen and stretches are the prescription here.
Hey, we are all only temporarily able bodied. Disability is in all of our futures. Lets hope that healthcare reform is on track for the not too far future. I would like to give our Maine Senator Olympia Snowe a high five for her recent vote to move the Bacus reform out of committee. She bucked the republican machine. To me, this issue is a no brainer. What a lousy, broken system we have! Unsustainable from any vantage point. Carry on Senator.
Tomorrow, there is an interfaith march and rally in Portland for the no on 1 campaign. Be there or be square. This is another no brainer for me. And I don't think that I am such an odd duck.
Anyway, check the Huffington post at: http:
//www.huffingtonpost.com/politics/
Today the lead article is
The two smiling faces under the heading are members of Portland Friends Meeting. Very nice.
My body is talking to me. The middle finger on my left hand decided to remind me that it should not be taken for granted. Out of the blue, while doing nothing out of the ordinary, I got an excruciating pain while trying to grip/close my hand. Just that one finger! What a pain. Apparently, this a digit I use constantly. I have resorted to an improvised splint to limit it's range and avoid the painful reminder. Cramp or stress fracture... I'm not sure. Maybe arthritis, or just oldness.
Then, yesterday, my left foot started to talk to me. I thought it was something in my shoe at first or a tear in my foot orthotic (I have flat feet since forever). Well, it turns out that a tendon that runs from the front of my foot towards the heel is inflamed in my arch and is crying for relief. I know this because of an earlier incident. Ice, ibuprofen and stretches are the prescription here.
Hey, we are all only temporarily able bodied. Disability is in all of our futures. Lets hope that healthcare reform is on track for the not too far future. I would like to give our Maine Senator Olympia Snowe a high five for her recent vote to move the Bacus reform out of committee. She bucked the republican machine. To me, this issue is a no brainer. What a lousy, broken system we have! Unsustainable from any vantage point. Carry on Senator.
Tomorrow, there is an interfaith march and rally in Portland for the no on 1 campaign. Be there or be square. This is another no brainer for me. And I don't think that I am such an odd duck.
Anyway, check the Huffington post at: http:
//www.huffingtonpost.com/politics/
Today the lead article is
Maine May Be First State To Reject Gay Marriage Ban
The two smiling faces under the heading are members of Portland Friends Meeting. Very nice.
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