July 9, 2026 → It's just nice to feel a bit more human again. Yesterday, I popped out to the local pharmacy again for a few necessaries. While it was a short little walk, it was just nice to have a normal little tra...
July 9, 2026 → How do you solve a problem like Maria a[n old] MacBook? As it turns out, you don't. At least not fully. The mid-2014 MacBook Pro I am using to type this is working well. Even at 12 years old, for what...
July 8, 2026 → Closer to what, exactly? Sitting! Sleeping on my back! Not waking up with pain in my hips and thighs because of sleeping on my side with a pillow between my knees! That's right! My tailbone bed sores...
She Escaped Containment! Again!
July 7, 2026 → ...and this time, I brought a camera with me! I felt pretty good when I woke up this morning. Sure, the swelling is still there (albeit slowly reducing in intensity). And I'm slow. And, and, and. It d...
July 7, 2026 → After nearly three weeks inside the apartment (save for one very uncomfortable and regretted excursion my second day back), I got outside yesterday! It wasn't for long: just a block away to pick up a...
July 6, 2026 → While healing is coming along, between the surgery and the bed sore, I spend much more of my day in bed on my side than I would prefer. I now seem fine to stand between 30 and 60 minutes, the swelling...
July 5, 2026 → In an aside yesterday, I wrote:
Removing The Lobster ... Contrary to what I expected that morning when blogging beforehand, there was no complex swirl of emotions. Just a sense of alignment, peace, a...
July 4, 2026 → Short Answer: In bed. Mostly. Long Answer: In bed. On my side. Crying sometimes. Leaving Las Ve L'Asclépiade At the last minute, we changed our return-home plans. Where we were originally going to tak...
June 21, 2026 → Through out this whole experience, time has been moving in two ways at once. On the one hand, it feels like it was just yesterday that Kathleen and I got on the train in anticipation of the event to c...
Some Compulsions Are Stronger Than Others
June 20, 2026 → While a single repeat does not a study meake, I'm really learning through all of this that however strong me need to restrict is clearly no match for my need to follow insruction, order, and to please...