Life, the Universe and….Everything, Just Everything: An Update. Of So…

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Mood: ‘I Could Only) Whisper Your Name’ by Harry Connick, Jr.

Life Is Good

Like most of us, I worry a lot. A lot over things I cannot control, and that is a waste of time, t my mind. Yet, I still worry. I combat this with realizing just how good life is for me and the Blessings I have had that put me where...
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What’s With All The Anger?

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Mood: Indigo (Ellington; [If you get it, you are my favorite!])

It’s A Thing, And Always A Part of Me

I am human. I suspect this will always be the case, at least I sure hope so; as shitty as we can be to one another, I quite enjoy being human. One of the main truths, I think, about being human is having emotions. Well,...
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libris:
One of the best book I've read on anger is Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh; it's lifechanging.  We're human we're going to get angry, and go through every other emotion we experience, but the book helps by encouraging us to explore our anger, and tend to it so we don't go too out of control.
bradmax:
@libris I will be taking your advice and obtaining a copy soon; I appreciate the benefit of your wisdom. It took a while, maybe too many years, for me to really understand that Life is a series of opportunities to really know and understand ourselves. I have been learning for many of those years, actually ALL of them, but I’ve really only been aware of doing so for for perhaps the last 20 or so. I do not expect it to ever end, as there is always something more to know about oneself.

A Past Bradmax Adventure…

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Mood: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, ‘Ain’t Nuthin’ But A Party’.

A Bradmax Adventure, Five Rounds Rapid

A little explanation I feel may be necessary; two years ago this weekend I had one hell of an almost life-changing adventure. I will let the story I posted on Facebook at the time tell the whole story, but as some of the adventure shows up in my...
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user20497027402:
Owwwwww! I am glad you are okay! I would of been rising with panic too, you could’ve gotten a lot more injured.
bradmax:
@seducente It was two years ago, of course, and sometimes a bit of it all visits me at night, but I am happy for the experience, especially as I survived!

How To Calm In A Sea of Insanity & Life Updates

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Mood: Adagios of Barber, Elgar, Mahler, Bruckner, et. al.

At Sea

So much is confusing these days. So much support for an Administration that is worse than the previous one just one of many confusions. There are those who declare there is a war against women, yet cannot define what a woman is, and yet by including those who ‘feel’ they are, are diminishing what...
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libris:
The images from the Webb telescope are outstanding!  It just blows my mind how time and space work, and that something that amazing is outside of this world.  Nature is my calming agent as well.  If I feel like I'm in a funk, I just need to step outside for awhile to clear my head.  I love falling snow, all of those tiny, intricate snowflakes creating a world of white is delightful!  Wonderful blog as usual, have a good week!
bradmax:
@libris I truly do miss the longer nights of winter in Alaska, as where I lived the last several yers before moving was mostly devoid of light pollution, so seeing the Milky Way and crispness of the Moon  and, if lucky, the Northern Lights were a few of my favorite ways to ease mind and body!  Thank you for the kind words, and I return the hope of a good week!

This Is One Ponderous Conundrum

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Mood: Summertime favorites of the Doobie Bros.

Peaceful Contemplation

Saturday night last was a very nice change from the madness of the last few weeks, personally and universally. A storefront moved in and at around 10pm I turned out the lights in the front room, opened the blinds and watched the lightning light up the sky in brilliant flash. Several seconds later that sweet sound...
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libris:
I'm so glad your mom is doing better, but I'm sorry to hear your dad has memory problems.  I think loss of memory is one of the worst things that can happen to someone, and it's absolutely devastating to close family.  During the height of the pandemic my mom started hallucinating animals like mice, etc, so I called her then doctor, and they never returned my call. I was livid, so I found a new doctor, and it turned out she had extremely low B12.  So she was given a round of high dose shots, and she stays on a supplement now; but for those two weeks it felt like an eternity, and I was prepared for her to stay like that.  What I found was if I interacted with her hallucinations I could eliminate them by pretending I was taking the animals outside.  It was wild to say the least, and she can remember a little bit from that time.
bradmax:
@libris It is, of course, a concern, but it is my honor to such things as I can for them. Mom and I do our provisioning on Friday’s, I may have mentioned, and there are those times when she gets off her chest her impatience with him, knowing full well it’s not his fault, and does her best not to get too exasperated with him. At the same time, he is at least aware of his short term memory problems and is frequently apologetic. Anyway, as I am certain you do, we keep an eye on it and if it should progress we will get him to the doctor. Be well!

You Never Know When Things Change

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I really don’t have the confidence to write but I think it will help to do so.

My mother has been feeling off kilter all week, weak and lethargic. We encouraged her to see her doctor and she did so today, taking my Dad with.

I get a call at a bit after 3pm from her that her doctor is not happy with her oxygen...
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bradmax:
@libris We are finally home; all of the worries were mid at best but for the oxygen levels. She now has a 24/7 oxygen generator with a 40ft tube so she can move around the entire floor, just needing to get used to the tube so it doesn’t get entangled in anything. Also a couple of smaller tanks for travel outside of the house. We need a finger monitor to determine her levels, yet, but as of now we are home and everyone is at better ease. I am exhausted. It has been a few ‘interesting’ days and I have been very busy either getting all of the shopping for them and myself done, watching out for Dad and his bad short-term memory (he knows his memory is bad and has thanked me for keeping him going), cooking… Of course the knee has been giving me lots of ‘Fun’ too. Just damn glad to have a half day of being able to fall apart and Mom home with good health prospects.
libris:
Thank goodness you all are home!  I'm sure you're exhausted; it's awful having a loved one in the hospital.  Try and get some rest, much love to you all.

A Bad Knee, Cooking & Honor

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Mood: Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66, various

Been a really tough couple of weeks. My bad knee has entered a new phase of degradation, I think is the best way to describe it. After whacking it on cabinet next to my desk at work almost two weeks ago, it has just been painful. No bruising, no swelling, just a heightened discomfort to outright pain at...
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libris:
I'm so sorry your knee pain has gotten worse, chronic pain is so frustrating.  Hopefully those last ten pounds just melt off.  I feel lucky to be able to have such a good relationship with my mother, that I too can feel I can honor her.  I find it sad to hear that many are estranged from their parents for whatever reason, and it's usually a good one that involved some sort of abuse.  My mom and I are definitely two peas in a pod.

RenFaire Season and Memories Forever

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Mood: ‘Sake of the Song’ and ‘Song and Dance, Pt. 2’ by Blackmore’s Night

SERENDIPITY

It always amazes me how sometimes thoughts and events seem to ‘conspire’ to make a thing Reality.

For the last few weeks the RenFaire has been on my mind. The reason lay behind the time of year, as this weekend and last were when I would participate in a Faire...
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libris:
Oooooh, this is a spectacular blog!  How fortuitist it was that your friend called you from the Faire, and you were able to see it again.  Perhaps you should plan a trip to go up there again.  The photos look like they're straight out of a movie, I love it!

Strawberry Pie and Time To Write (Writing Upadate)

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Mood: B-52s “Roam”

Here, I thought today would be too busy to make an entry!

I have a strawberry pie to make and while things are on the boil, I thought a more positive vibe than I left yesterday , if a shorter one, was in order.

Actually, I was sitting here getting more done in my years’-long writing project and realized I had...
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libris:
Wonderful!  Keep on writing!
bradmax:
@libris Thank you, and I intend to! It’s one of those things that I wish I had started doing earlier, at least insofar as a novel/book. So much enjoyment!

Memorial Day and Human Nature

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Mood: Doobie Bros. “Listen To The Music”

Memorial Day

I had debated on writing this on the day itself, but as I will be busy cooking, baking and grilling a good portion of the day, I figured if I was compelled to write it had to be the day before.

Memorial Day in the US: I have a few family members who have served and
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