That is the title of a sentimental old bluegrass song about a mother who visits her son in prison. It also is the thing I am most grateful for this Thanksgiving day. The moment the ventilation tube was removed and the mucus and mess that came with it was suctioned away, and she was back [...]
Archive for November, 2010
The Sweetest Gift, A Mother’s Smile
Posted in Personal experience on November 25, 2010 | 8 Comments »
November 20, 1820: The Sinking of the Whaling Ship ESSEX, by a Whale
Posted in Books, History on November 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This is an archival piece, originally posted at my former blog on this date in 2008. It began with a tidbit I ran across about the sinking of the Nantucket whaler Essex, in the Pacific Ocean, on November 20th, 1820. This story has some importance in American literature; an account by one of the survivors [...]
Happy Bday to Two Guys Named Joe
Posted in Music, Pop & Rock on November 20, 2010 |
One of ‘em, I’m told, is none other than VP Biden. The other’n ain’t. He’s my second favorite Eagle.
Two Gettysburg Addresses
Posted in History on November 19, 2010 | 8 Comments »
. . .they think they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matthew 6:7 (KJV) The guns at Gettysburg fell silent on July 3, 1863, and the two great armies, Union and Confederate, both badly crippled by the three-day-long battle, began to move out on Independence Day, leaving the citizens of the tiny Pennsylvania town [...]
Shower Scene
Posted in Personal experience on November 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Hospitals–especially on floors where there’s no activity, for whatever reason–can be spooky places at night. Imaginations can run wild. Take for example my trip, night before last, to the shower. Mom’s on the fifth floor. The shower–a single, with barely room for my–ahem–not inconsiderable feminine pulchritude, shielded from the outside world only by a drab, [...]
Rainy Sunday, But Not Gloomy
Posted in Personal experience on November 14, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The first thirty-six hours were the hardest. Seeing Mom in the ER, entubated, a ventilator breathing for her, and having no idea how it happened, let alone so fast, sent sleep on a far journey from me. And since then, it’s been a roller coaster. We know this much: she does have pneumonia, which is [...]
interruption
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Hi all–at the moment I’m spending an awful lot of time in waiting rooms. My mom was flown to UT Hospital via Lifestar yesterday (Wednesday 11/10). She is being treated for pneumonia and having tests to see whether she may have some heart blockage. So it’ll be some time before I can update the blog. [...]
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Posted in Country Music, Music on November 4, 2010 | 10 Comments »
My blogging and FB friend Queen Mimi of Bloggingham reminds me that today is the annual Blog Blast for Peace. Somewhere in a whirlwind of business and puter glitches and clutter I did not find a peace globe to post; however, I did remember this song, a beloved one from my high school choir days–here [...]
