…I’m calling the doctor. No worries. I’m fine, but, after finally getting new batteries inside my blood pressure monitor, my numbers have been high for the last week or so, and I think I might need a new cocktail of pills or a variation of the ones I have. I don’t think it’s an environmentalContinue reading “On the Twenty-second Day of 2025…”
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#238: 24 Hours, No Facebook, No News
I had to keep myself busy. I made breakfast, walked the dog, sat in meditation, read about 30 pages of fiction, and then I took my boy out to lunch and last minute Christmas shopping and we even managed to get the van through the local carwash. I’ve really had to resist the phone, usingContinue reading “#238: 24 Hours, No Facebook, No News”
#237: Off Air (a Haiku Followed by Two Lengthy Postscripts)
I will go one day without Facebook, internet news. See what happens. Postscript: I wrote this poem several days ago, thinking I would post it that evening and begin the next morning as a single day without Facebook and internet news. That did not happen. I’ve been sitting on this one and I find that especially worrisome.Continue reading “#237: Off Air (a Haiku Followed by Two Lengthy Postscripts)”
#236: Media Fast, Anyone?
I cannot help it. I can’t look away. It’s a train wreck, a complete cluster, and every morning begins with the same question: What’s the outrage of the day? And now that I’m on a holiday break I’ve got something like free time to keep checking in on the downfall of my civilization. I thinkContinue reading “#236: Media Fast, Anyone?”