You have the lungs of a twenty-five year old non-smoker, said my cardiologist at yesterday's annual check-up. I said, I had the lungs of a fifty-seven year old smoker when I was twenty-five, it's why we met when I was thirty-eight. I should put sunscreen on my neck when I hike and disc. Look at those motherfucking Doctor Sevrin ears.
- Fine metaphors abound.
- The heart's good too, Beloveds.
- Imagine peak Elkin writing novels now about now.
- I did think this before checking the coming week last year - it's how I remember birthdays - and Elkin's is tomorrow.
- The cardiologist never mentioned premature-Serendipity as a side-effect of any of my meds.
- Effjay Essionssay is The Motherfuckerer. Aloventmay implepay of indictivevay for fuck and adisticsay for fun vileay. He scares me.
- Friendly reminder: Every keystroke, every thumbing, self-incriminating.
- You thought the old yodel would be HRC not mentioning SCOTUS or DOJ every other word during POTUS, didn't you?
- Right on stroke, Serendipity put Hope Sandoval in my head when I needed it.
FORECLOSURE
Lorine Niedecker
Tell em to take my bare walls down
my cement abutments
their parties thereof
and clause of claws
Leave me the land
Scratch out: the land
May prose and property both die out
and leave me peace
i'm glad to hear your lungs and heart are healthy
ReplyDeletei guess the photos depict some kind of "stress test" - so far i haven't had one
speaking of health, and how to enjoy it for as long as possible, and how things carry on much as before - until they don't -
yesterday i received in the mail a book by kathleen dowling singh, "the grace in aging - awaken as you grow older" - one of the blurbs on the back is from richard rohr, ofm, author of "falling upward" - rohr states "Kathleen Dowling Singh's insight and wisdom are compelling, readable, and life changing [death changing too!]. This book is indeed grace. It is both preparation and deep liberation."
this morning amazon says, about this book:
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#129 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Aging
#265 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Philosophy > Eastern > Buddhism
#335 in Books > Self-Help > Spiritual
page 56 of this book has a poem by david whyte
One day the hero
sits down,
afraid to take
another step,
and the old interior angel
slowly limps in
with her no-nonsense
compassion
and her old secret
and goes ahead.
"Namaste"
you say
and follow.
The phrase has been overused to triteness; but for people in my Cohort who were there, we still use it, and mean it: Every Day Above Ground Is A Good Day.
ReplyDeleteAnd, it could be said, every passing grade on the Physical. Good news! Go hiking.