Chronic and Semantics

I don’t like the word chronic. It sounds bad enough, but it lacks urgency. I prefer the word intractable. I have intractable pain. As if it were an uneasy truce with hostilities threatening to break out at any minute. My symptoms range from annoying (hello ear ringing) to overwhelming, but they are always there. SometimesContinue reading “Chronic and Semantics”

LOOPS IN ETERNITY AND AN ITINERANT SUBCONSCIOUS

I wrote this 2016, before I seriously started writing again. I don’t know if it’s any good, but it is interesting.March 29 2018 was my last day, and, knock on wood, I will reach two days free from Demon Opium.I am going to share these ‘prior to quitting’ writings off and on for this month.Continue reading “LOOPS IN ETERNITY AND AN ITINERANT SUBCONSCIOUS”

Saturday Morning Thoughts – March 7th 2020

The world is burning. That may sound hyperbolic, but it is the only way to describe it. I don’t need to go into the details. We all know about the pandemics, massive wildfires, genocides and general desperation of a world overwhelmed by bad information.  Don’t get me wrong, there is plenty of good information availableContinue reading “Saturday Morning Thoughts – March 7th 2020”