Genetic Defect Goes Exponentially Mental For Realz May 6, 2022 During one of my recentish stays at Baylor Hospital a social worker came to my room. This isn’t unusual. What was unusual was that she came to me to tell me that I qualify for mental disability. The reason the…

Don’t Pass Me By I listen for your footsteps coming up the drive Listen for your footsteps, but they don’t arrive Waiting for your knock, dear, on my old front door I don’t hear it, does it mean you don’t love me anymore? So. On Monday I’m having tympanoplasty on…

Dear J. I’m meeting with social workers at the hospital, now. I have financial assistance at Parkland Hospital. So now I am getting some help. I am meeting with social workers and a hospital psychologist. I’m also being connected with a disability lawyer so I can — I’m so sad…

To flee from memory Had we the Wings Many would fly Inured to slower things Birds with surprise Would scan the cowering Van Of men escaping From the mind of man Emily Dickinson I have a past. Once, I had a mother and a father and a sister. I had…

Life Without An Algorithm. It’s cold here — California cold — but it’s frozen in Prague. J. drove me to the airport and I left. The people in Prague are cold. Snow fell on dirty, icy payphones. That’s when we still used wires. I wanted to share everything I saw…

Genetic Defect Goes Mental For Realz During one of my recent hospital stays a social worker came to my room. This isn’t unusual. What was unusual was that she came to me to tell me that I qualify for mental disability. Yup. That’s me. The reason the social worker came…

July 28, 1963 Florence, Italy Weather: Warm In the morning we went to the Uffizi Gallery. Spent about 3 hours there looking at some of the most beautiful paintings we have seen yet. I especially enjoyed Michelangelo’s “Holy Family” and Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus.” 1963 London Dear Mother, This should have your…

Squeeze My Lemons Because I fell up and right outta bed, ‘ed, ‘ed, bed, yeah! This past week lot of things happened with my medical care, mainly because I was able to get some. I received a lot of care, medical and otherwise. A few weeks ago I contacted The…

When I was writing my last post I was thinking about my wonderful friends, who would write me notes so I knew where I was when I woke up…