Back from the Doctor’s

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Well, they didn’t try to keep me there today, nor did they attempt to thrust tubes into any tiny openings. They took some pictures of my innards but didn’t tell me what they meant. “Protocol,” dontcha know.

On the whole, the doctor agreed with me about my two most obvious problems: 1. Broken hip really hurts–a lot–and wakes me up at night. Repeatedly. And 2. Even a slight urge to pee sends me to the bathroom four or give times a night. Either one of them, by itself, I think I could handle. But both at the same time–no dice.

The doctor concurred, so the next goal is to get my hip fixed.

Lurking under the kelp bed is the possibility that the cancer will come back. I would prefer not to think about that. I want the damn hip fixed! Then maybe take up mountaineering.

That’s all, folks, for today. I’ll keep you posted.

Doctoring Again (No End in Sight)

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Not to be unjust, but I have yet another doctor’s appointment tomorrow and I’m beginning to feel gun-shy. I’ve been doctoring all year, and it’s getting me down. Besides, I couldn’t resist the picture displayed above.

True, I did have a bout of bronchitis in third grade that kept me out of school for a month. But only the first half of that was really bad. I wound up resting in bed, tinkering with my erector set and reading Robin Hood. 

I don’t know what they mean to do to me tomorrow. I’m getting doctored out.

If I’m home on time I’ll bring you up to speed.

If they let me go home.

A Writer’s Nightmare

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“Eeyaaagh….!”

Just to give you a little glimpse into what I’m up against, these days–

Last night I dreamed I was desperately trying to get back to work on my novels. First I couldn’t find the manuscript. When I did, all the pages were out of order and had to be sorted. And then I finally found the title page:

THE MORASS

By Lee Duigon

Holy cow! What is this? I never wrote anything about a morass. The only morass I know is the one I’m stuck in. I can’t remember the story line. I don’t know where the rest of the novel is.

I am glad it was only a dream.

The working title of this novel is Ozias, Prince Enthroned; and I have it all scrawled down in longhand.

It’ll be ready when I am.

 

 

Hip Replacement… When?

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So far, it looks like I’ll have to wait till mid-August for my hip replacement… if that’s when I can actually have it done. Meanwhile, everything hurts.

Yeahbut, yeahbut! What about the colon cancer?

Oh, fap! You’re asking me? I feel like I’m a ghost haunting this apartment. Sleep? What’s that? Where do you get it? And what kind of shape will I be in by the time they get around to my hip?

I would appreciate your prayers.

‘God’s Gonna Cut You Down’

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves and start thinking, “Well, we’re all basically good, so we’re all going to heaven when we die.”

We don’t get there because we deserve it, earn it, God owes it to us. We get there by God’s grace alone.

And this holiday weekend is as good a time as any to remember that.

They Don’t Know… Anything

America has the most expensive, comprehensive public education system in all of human history. And what do we get for it?

Not much!

This video is 14 minutes long, but you’ll be groaning long before that. These Americans KNOW NOTHING. Really–not a thing. Their country’s history means nothing to them. They might as well be living in a walk-in freezer.

How long can sheer ignorance support a modern state?

I don’t think finding out will be much fun.

The Die Is Cast

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What a storm we had last night! For 47 years I’ve been slamming our back door shut against the wind and rain. Last night, for the only time in history, it went perfectly into the door frame and then wouldn’t come out. Happily, our neighbor Josh took care of it this morning.

Meanwhile, we have decided to get me a hip replacement before we do anything else. My wife and my sister (nursing student, Advanced Practice Nurse) have the credentials and I’d be a fool not to take their advice. I’m not looking forward to any more time in the hospital–but again, I trust Patty and Alice to steer me right.

At least the murderous heat got washed away last night. A nice day for reading a book and smoking a cigar.

UN: ‘Jail the Climate Skeptics!’

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What? You don’t believe in Climbit Change? And you say so… and people listen?

Well, it’s jail for you, buckaroo! The United Nations says so (https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/activists-call-climate-skepticism-be-outlawed-and-experts-say-it-shows)!

The UN’s “climate activists” have called for climate skeptics to be “outlawed” for spreading “misinformation” (Note: It’s OK when they do it). These are the UN’s “experts,” and they want to make sure everybody–yes, everybody–will Form The Right Opinion. Or else.

Oh–and they want to ban the use of petroleum by 2030.

Shame on us if we give them any more money. Let’s urge President Trump–just another climate skeptic, eh?–to cut off the funds now. We need the United Nations like we need a hole in the head.

‘Angels We Have Heard on High’

Yes, I know it’s a Christmas song. I’m posting it now in case I don’t make it to Christmas.

Angels We Have Heard on High, performed by For King & Country–and they’re not holding anything back.

Give me Christmas any time of the year.

Doctor No. 2: ‘Say You’ve Got Five Years’

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I somehow couldn’t find it in myself to post this yesterday. Dr. No. 2 thought it likely I might live for five more years. Oh, boy.

Meanwhile, everybody I know says I look so much better than I did some months ago. I wish I could see that.

If God decides to save me, then that’s that: He will. I would like to finish the books I’d planned to write. I would like to see the Democrat Party go down like a house of cards. Is there even a remote possibility that we’ll ever go fishing again? (What did I do with our outboard motor?)

Get back to work as soon as I can. And pray.