How many marbles
are we supposed to have?
A handful?
A headful?
A mouthful?
I can't find mine.
Anywhere.
Not in the closet.
Not under the bed.
Not out on the sidewalk
where I played with them last.
Did they roll away
or did you hide them?
It's your fault
I lost them.
It's your fault
I'm sad.
You don't have to admit it.
I know what I know.
Playtime is over.
You need to go.
Thursday, August 21, 2025
The end...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Conundrum...
we die
by living.
if we
didn't live
we couldn't
die.
to be
or not to be.
that is the question.
Monday, August 11, 2025
Saturday, August 09, 2025
Thursday, August 07, 2025
The muse has disappeared...
I know, that's a shitty excuse but it's all
I've got at the moment.
You could go read Og's new Substack thingie:
VaultkeeperChronicles.
I'm so out of it I can't even get the link thing to work.
I give up. Tohellwithitall.
Tuesday, August 05, 2025
What, me worry?...
Good and not so...
Ann is good. Getting her energy back and her taste buds are
beginning to wake up.
Carol is facing more challenges.
The tumor on her lung is growing. Doubled in size in three
months. So...it seems none of the options are particularly good.
There will be a consult with a surgeon but she is still considered
high risk with anesthesia because of her lung function. After
all the years of different chemo drugs, they have taken a toll.
Radiation is another option except... if it's too intense and/or
hits too much of the lung it could do more damage. Consult
with her radiation oncologist is scheduled.
Third option is more chemo. The last treatment almost killed
her so obviously they will need to find something else.
She's getting physical therapy twice a week to build up
her strength. Whether that makes a difference in her choice
of options remains to be seen. One of few things that can't hurt.
Good news was that all the many scans that were done did not
show any cancer anywhere other than the lung. They do want a
mammogram done, just in case.
Decisions need to be made sooner rather than later.