February 22, 2014 Update

I’ve been to the hospital several times this month because my ex-wife has been in ICU for some health issues. She is back at the rehab center, but things are not the same as before. They are watching her closely for breathing issues and a staph infection (which means I have to gown up and glove up so as not to catch her infection nor pass it on to others).

It looks like we will be unable to share meals together like we used to. And her inability to sit in a wheelchair for any length of time means that I will not be able to wheel her around the facility as in times past for the foreseeable future. It is hard to see her this way and I have to be careful not to allow myself to get into a deep funk over her sad situation. As it turns out, my writing can be very therapeutic at times, especially when I can pour myself into a story as a welcome distraction.

Mom is doing well, although she is keeping an eye on a health situation of her own. She hopes it will not worsen and perhaps it won’t. But with all the cold and snow she is getting up there, I suspect these are the times she wishes she lived closer to me where it seems a bit warmer down here and perhaps a little dryer with a little less snow.

One of my goals this year is to get back to several unfinished stories, bringing them to a satisfactory conclusion and then posting them. I’ve recently looked at a project I started way back in ’05 and have made some edits to the material. But I guess that’s how it goes in dealing with inspiration when working on a story. Sometimes it is there and sometimes it is not. Even now I’m struggling with the next chapter to several different projects I have in the works.

I recently did some work on the Categories page. I updated a couple of items and added some additional links. I hope it makes moving around the library a little bit easier using the tags and category updates. But if you see something or get an idea that might make surfing my library a little easier, feel free to leave a comment or use the link to contact me. It might be something I had not thought of before that will make the library even smoother to navigate.

Spring is just around the corner and I’m starting to get cabin fever. Soon it will be time to charge the camera batteries, load the vehicle and take a day trip somewhere. It will be nice to get away for a drive that takes me farther away than the grocery store, a restaurant or the place where I walk in the mornings when it is cold outside.

I am well and I hope you are all the same. I’m looking forward to warmer weather and I suspect you are too. Thanks for stopping by and spending a few minutes here…