Last year, 2018, was a difficult one for the reasons laid out in the previous two posts. One aspect of my life that was affected was the ability to just lie in bed and read for hours, though that would have been more wholesome than obsessing on puzzles and other mindless occupations. However, here is … Continue reading Dibby Hill Awards 2019
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Down the Healthcare Rabbit Hole: Part II
Down the Healthcare Rabbit Hole: Part II We left our heroine in limbo, rejected by her primary care physician for daring to demand actual medical attention from an MD, and a simple referral, and then using the f-word when I got neither, and probably also for sic’ing her gnarly and fearless husband on the reception … Continue reading Down the Healthcare Rabbit Hole: Part II
A Trip Down the Healthcare Rabbit Hole: Part I
What follows is a series of events that all too clearly show the disintegration of our healthcare system. In my lifetime I have gone from having one of my best friend’s father come to my bedside with his stethoscope to a series of interactions with healthcare providers who barely know you and care even less. … Continue reading A Trip Down the Healthcare Rabbit Hole: Part I
Wrestling Bamboo
Foolishly perhaps, nine years ago Jeff and I decided to plant bamboo along the west side of our house that faces the windows of a triplex next door, at most 10 feet away. The precious little things grew quickly and screened beautifully. Now however? And in back? For perspective these are about ten feet higher … Continue reading Wrestling Bamboo
Driving My Stake in the Earth
April 4, 2018 I have not posted in more than a year. It's partly WordPress. Partly some breakdown in mind. An identifiable breakdown in body leading to a knee replacement in October 2017. Now it's 2018, April 4. Martin Luther King was shot in Memphis on this day in 1968. It is also the date … Continue reading Driving My Stake in the Earth
Protest as a Way of Life
Since I retired in July 2015, I have been kind of at a loss to say what it is I'm doing. I am a freelance writer and a novelist, but neither of those provide me with any concrete justification for my existence, especially the latter. My reviews for Chapter 16 are the sole exception. People … Continue reading Protest as a Way of Life
Pistaco Review
Pistaco: A Tale of Love in the Andes by Lynn F MonahanMy rating: 4 of 5 starsPistaco is a tale of a conflicted young American priest called to the high Andes, where he finds both love and death in the height of the Maoist Shining Path uprising. Pistaco is billed as a thriller, and it … Continue reading Pistaco Review
