I Still Live

THE CHESSMEN OF MARS by Edgar Rice Burroughs Ballantine 1969 Paperback #5

Back home from yet another doctor’s appointment. This time they gave me a transfusion. I had a cigar when I got home.

Hey, here’s a cool book: Chessmen of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The protagonist, John Carter’s daughter, Tara of Helium, has a motto that gets her through a host of dangerous and difficult adventures: “I still live.”

Next week it’s time for my colon cancer operation. I think I need that motto.

(Erlene, are you out there? Hi sign to you.)