Monthly Archives: March 2021

For Want of a Nail . . .

Medical science is advancing at the same time patient support is retreating. It is as if we have built a Porsche that no one can maintain since no service appointments are available. Or the mechanic is too expensive to afford. … Continue reading

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I’m As Mad as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take it Anymore!

Frustrating talk with my psychiatrist today. A phone consultation. She was reading off the form she had to complete to get me approved for ECT. I am paying the tens of thousands of dollars it will require since Humana and … Continue reading

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The Sands o’Dee by Charles Kingsley

The Sands o’Dee by Charles Kingsley (1819 -1875) Illustrations by James Thurber as they appeared in The New Yorker Read by Jean Aked The Sands of Dee “O Mary, go and call the cattle home, And call the cattle home, … Continue reading

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It Is No Measure of Health to be Well Adjusted to a Profoundly Sick Society

It Is No Measure of Health to be Well Adjusted to a Profoundly Sick Society Quote by Krishnamurti This video guy talks too much but we all do. He discusses this from the perspective of a person trying to fit … Continue reading

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To the Ladies By Lady Mary Chudleigh

17th Century poet Mary Chudleigh fought the feminist battle three hundred years before most people thought that fight started. Read by the incomparable Ghizela Rowe. To The Ladies by Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710) Wife and servant are the same, But … Continue reading

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What Could Possibly Be Wrong?

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Snake by D.H. Lawrence

As a young teenager I practiced a great deal with a slingshot called a Wrist Rocket. They’re still sold today. After some time I got quite accurate and one day a bird in a tree seemed a natural target. I … Continue reading

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When Will They Stop?

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Leopard-Skin Pill-Pox Hat by Bob Dylan

Dylan wrote a great song but didn’t put great music to it. Beck put great music to it. Well I, see you got your Brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat Yes I, see you got your Brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat … Continue reading

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Today In The Tecopa Mines Region Part 4

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