Monthly Archives: July 2017

Archive of posts published in the specified Month

Apasia…, no, I mean aphasia

Words occasionally get scrambled between my brain and my mouth.  I’m fairly certain it’s a side-effect of Lyrica, which has gifted me with several new skills, this among them.  Of course, I’m also a 47 year old woman with a five-year-old and an…

Uprooted

Three weeks ago I injured (or re-injured) my elbow in a violent crab-grass + stepping stone incident.  It was I  versus the crab grass, whose abundant roots had lifted one of the stones in my foot path out of place.  Auden cheered me…

Why it’s extremely difficult to teach an old dog new tricks OR why learning to run when you’re over 40 hurts so much

It’s amazing how difficult it is to run correctly.  To consciously breathe appropriately, to lift your legs using the right muscles, to strike your foot and keep your ankle strong and roll through until you lift the leg again.  And you have to…

To a friend recovering from heart surgery

I am sharing what I wrote to a friend who is recovering from heart surgery.  I could probably benefit from following my own advice. Staying alive is good, but I understand about the hospital.  I both loathed it and loved it.  Part of…

Parting Clouds

Helen Benton Brown

I said goodbye to my grandmother Friday.   She died May 1, 2017 after ninety three years.  Two days ago, June 30, 2017, we had a graveside service for her.  Nothing fancy.  Just family.  My mother’s touching eulogy and the tribute from the…