The Eyes Have It!

 I'm off to my retina specialist this morning to check on the progress of my damaged retina.  There is a split or hole in  my retina that may eventually need some sort of surgery. 

 Neither my optometrist or the retina guy can figure out why I continue to see as well as I do. I, however, will continue to be positive about this.  Losing my eyesight is something so horrible I cannot begin to envision it.

Meanwhile. I feel like a flamingo in the snow.........discombobulated at the very least.........anxious, angry, and sad, if I stop and think about it.

It's winter and I and the world are not in a happy place!

Continue to make good trouble,  and, as always, thanks for topping by.............*s*

Shakespeare

 Now is the winter of our discontent

Made glorious by this sun of York.

The opening lines of Richard III openly laid out in a plan filled with jealousy, hate, and revenge.

I generally start my morning with one of the Bard's Sonnets, but his morning I also read Richard's opening soliloquy. It fells appropriate. for these times we live in.

Please, no lectures about how this is not the real Richard.  Do you think Amadeus is about the real Mozart?

It's taken me a while to realize that I am feeling the same way I did on 9/11.

So I retreat into art, literature, and music.  I get my news in small doses from sources I trust, but definitely not first thing in the morning.  This is a time for tea and. kitties.

It's snowing, sightly unexpected, but since I am not going anywhere it's okay.  I'll look at a weather report later.

Make good trouble......and as always, thanks for stopping by....*s*

Twelfth Night

 Old Christmas is past,

Twelfth tide is the last.

As we bid you adieu

Great health in the new.

Twelfth night was traditionally a Feast of Fools where everything was reversed.  Servants became master, masters served. It feels like it's going to be a very long Twelfth Night.

As always, stay strong, and thanks for stopping by..............*s*

ALREADY?! 2026

 Celebrations occur among the most unlikely of us!

Never a Christmas morning,

Never an old year's end,

But some one thinks of someone,

Old days, Old times, Old friends!

Wishing everyone peaceful and prosperous 2026!

As always, stay strong, and thanks for stopping by..................*s*