Barbara J. HambyAuthor & Poet |
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My Day as an Impatient PatientTuesday I spent about four hours in an “ambulatory surgery” facility. Sometimes when I’ve watched ER on television, I’ve thought it was pretty far out. I didn’t remember seeing many of the activities or extreme emergencies in my several trips to emergency rooms in my mother’s last few years. However, the doctor who was scheduled to give me… click here to continue April, 19th, 2005 Notes & ScribblesToday I’m on a liquid fast for a medical test tomorrow, so I did very little. I did go to my swim/exercise class. The rest of the day I consumed liquids and Jello and read email and a short story book. A nephew of mine, who will be 52 on May 7th, is running in the Boston Marathon… click here to continue April, 18th, 2005 Poetry DayToday was a poetry day. I haven’t had a poetry day for a very long time. I enjoyed hearing poems read by prize-winning poets, publisher-poets and ordinary poets. Their words carried me out of the very cold room without jarring my aching joints. When I sat down to read my email, I was thinking about gender differences in… click here to continue April, 16th, 2005 It’s That (Tax) Time AgainSince my taxes were mailed three days or so ago, I can go to bed early and sleep well tonight. I have already kissed my money goodbye and know I won’t like how it’s spent. But I’ve had a lot of years to get used to that idea. Usually I only rise at the crack of dawn or… click here to continue April, 15th, 2005 No Comment is SufficientTonight I planned to write about how virtuous I feel after cleaning a whole drawer in my personal file cabinet. But, when I sat down to write, I glanced at my email. My son had sent me a poem from the website of a local photographer journalist. I went to that website, and clicked on his gallery of photographs from… click here to continue April, 14th, 2005 Winter’s BackOn this chilly, windy, drizzly day with a few claps of thunder thrown in, it was good to be able to be inside looking out at all the activity. At least, I took time to look out the windows while the computers were shut down during the brief electrical storm. Most of the day I spent at the… click here to continue April, 12th, 2005 The End of a Good (but not perfect) DayAt the end of a very satisfying day, I think my exercise classes have increased my energy level already. This morning, in the swimming pool, a lady who had bought Find Romance in Later Life asked if I minded if she passed it on to someone else. What could I say? I told her I didn’t write the… click here to continue April, 11th, 2005 |