Blog Summary
Thoughts and Musings
2021 - Present
How do we cope when our bodies and minds aren’t what they were? How do we find purpose in life? Is adventure still on the horizon? Can we cope much less thrive in today’s chaotic environement? How might adventure change as we sprout wrinkles?
Dog Sitting...
This Memorial Day weekend I’m dog sitting, Oko and Fargo. Like babysitting, it’s a temporary situation that delivers animal “love” fixes. Walking and feeding them is like feeding babies and changing diapers–they deliver engaging and sometime astonishing experiences, but they’re not something I wish to do long term, even though I find these little guys sweet to snuggle with on my couch.
Walking like a pretzel
Swimming in Florida last week did me in, when two days before we headed home on the auto train, I woke up unable to stand, walk or sit because of jagged pain exploding on my left side with daggers radiating into my thigh and calf. Body to the shape of a pretzel forcing me to shuffle around like a 90-year-old. The excurciating pain was almost as bad as the time I had my ‘kidney stones, 20 years ago. A neon sign flashing ‘life as I know it is over’ seared my mind.