
Category: Beloveds


SURGICAL LESSONS — PLAY!
When chronic pain hits, brain fog descends. What do you do when you can’t concentrate?

SURGICAL LESSONS — BELIEVE!
“Some people go to priests, others to poetry, I to my friends.” — Virginia Woolf

SURGICAL LESSONS — LAUGH!
Laughter is the best medicine . . . unless you’re constipated, or worse, you have to use a medical toilet; or worse — are you kidding me? — there’s nothing worse.

SURGICAL LESSONS — ENDURE!
You learn many lessons following a tough surgery; lessons that teach you how to better ENDURE, LAUGH, BELIEVE, PLAY, WORK and RESOLVE. Today’s surgical lesson: ENDURE!


Restoring Pathways
Neural pathways are essential for sensory perception, motor skills, and cognitive processes. When it comes to writing, however, they can block the truth.

My Boyfriend
“The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.” — Blaise Pascal

Peace of Wild Things
A poem/prayer for all impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Category 5 Prayers
“Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.” — Diane Ackerman