Rewriting

I had a meeting with Vicki Pettersson to discuss my frustrations with my writing. She helped me figure out that in today’s market of Self Pub… that short stories have a market in e-books. So, I am going to stop stressing if my stories don’t stretch into 50,000 page books or more. I am going

Good vs Evil

I believe people are basically good. That idea keeps me going. I know there are shades of gray. Not everyone can be angels all the time. On that not I have seen some truly horrific things happen in my lifetime. Some caused by humans. How can my basic belief that we all have good in

Wow!

Yesterday was a day that I never expected to see happen in the US. Americans attacking the Capital building. How are you all doing today? I am tired. I stayed glued to my screen all day waiting for things to play out. Sadly lives were lost, people were hurt. The election was not overturned, so

Hearing Loss

I’ll need a test to be sure… though I am having more trouble hearing. Once again my tinnitus got crazy loud followed by complete silence. When it came back a few seconds later, I am sure my hearing was worse. I wish it was as simple as turning off a vacuum cleaner. Unfortunately there could

Self-diagnosing

The week of Christmas I had vertigo. Little ongoing mini spins. I noticed a pain in the back of my head and wondered if there was a connection. So, though I know I shouldn’t, I started looking up my symptoms. I got a bunch of “diagnosis “. One though resonated with me. Occipital Neuralgia is

Happy New Year

Welcome to 2020. We decided to leave my bubble to follow through on reservations I made back in January or February before Covid. Ralph and I met friends at The Mizpah Hotel in Tonopah, Nevada for NYE! The Mizpah is supposed to be haunted by The Red Lady, a prostitute murdered in the hotel on

How Are You?

Let’s talk about you… How are you? This year has been a crazy one, how did you handle it? Did you relish the isolation? Or were you already isolated? Are you a frontline worker? Did you have to work from home? Let me know I am interested. Did you take the time to nurture yourself?

Vertigo

I have had vertigo for four days. Fortunately the mini spins, not the continuous full blown episodes. Last night I thought I was about to begin a full blown episode when the mini spin lasted about 10 minutes. (I didn’t time it, because I can’t see easily.) Vertigo is the sensation of spinning. For me

Introverts

You can tell the people who are thriving in isolation are introverted. Or at least introverted extroverts like me. People think I am an extrovert because I can hold conversations with strangers. To be honest I am often better in one on one situations than in a crowd. Here is a link that explains it

Trade Off

I’ve talked about payback before, but I don’t think I’ve covered the toll strong emotions take on chronic conditions. Yesterday’s strong emotions has led to a fibro flare and I have been experiencing vertigo today. I shouldn’t be surprised. It’s happened before. We already know that stress lead to flares in many things. Though my