Warrior, eh? (End-of-Year Retrospective)
Interesting term, “warrior“. It came up on one of my CRPS sites today, applied by an ally to those of us with the disease. I… Read More »Warrior, eh? (End-of-Year Retrospective)
Interesting term, “warrior“. It came up on one of my CRPS sites today, applied by an ally to those of us with the disease. I… Read More »Warrior, eh? (End-of-Year Retrospective)
No idea what prompted this poem, but it might have been an iPhone app that makes your phone look and act like a Zippo. Enjoy…… Read More »Playing with fire
Modern mythology (á la comic-book heroes & Harry Potter) make extraordinary powers something odd, often imposed on those who never asked for it or are… Read More »Releasing the gods within
This came out of cold chronic CRPS type 1, a debilitating condition of intractable chronic pain, nervous system disruption, and multi-system dysregulation — destroying the… Read More »Pain Manifesto
I have logical and philosophical objections to certain words used to describe me or what I do. I don’t expect anyone to change the way… Read More »Words, words, and words, with a poetry chaser
I was overmedicated on mixed psychoactives (in plain English, my doctors had me on too many pills for CRPS) and, at the beginning of February,… Read More »Out of the foggy night: Overmedication and abandonment issues
A balance has two ends: when one goes up, the other goes down. As a metaphor for living, it lacks dimension. Homeostasis is better. It… Read More »Balancing act: homeostasis and words I live by
Les was a chef before he was born. He helped with a BAADS Thanksgiving some years ago as a gesture of kindness, and found that… Read More »B. C. E. takes on new meaning
I got on the wrong train today. Got off 15 minutes later – was already 15 minutes late, so now it’s pushing an hour. Ok,… Read More »Extreme Moderation: an Olympic challenge
Stars look back at meAnd I long for blue water.Ocean, take me home.