26
Dec
Had two more awful back seizures Christmas Day. Frightening, to say the least. I was so down for the day I waited till bedtime to call Dalia. I hate messing up one of her few chances to be with her family. Christmas Eve, Bob brought me a loaf of banan bread. He’s a great cook [...]
26
Dec
Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT == California Integrated Seismic Net USGS/ Caltech/ CGS/ UCB/ UCSD/ UNR Version #3: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This is a computer-generated message. This event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist. A light earthquake occurred at 4:19:40 AM (PST) [...]
18
Dec
I don’t know what the temperature is outside, but it must be cold, because, even with the same heat resources I used yesterday, inside, it is still cold in the house. Not sure if it snowed more, it’s hard to walk, so I’m just going to let be whatever will be. My only worry is [...]
17
Dec
The house is still, with Dalia being gone until tomorrow. There is still a tremendous amount of snow on the ground and in the trees. I still am in tremendous pain, but won’t know why till Monday. I think I’ll go back to bed (which is like an olympic event, it’s so difficult) and try [...]
16
Dec
Our li’l town in the northern Sierras, at 4,000′ elevation, has received, over the past two days, its first snow of the year, a thick blanket of fluffy, soft white that reminds me of a giant wedding cake. I’d like to go out in the yard and make snow angels, but I’m afraid I’d burst [...]
7
Dec
I talked to daughter Kim today, and was also able to talk to grandson Randy, who just had serious back surgery. Get well soon, Randy. And I hope we get to talk more soon.
7
Dec
On this date, Dec. 7, 1941, America was attacked at Pearl Harbor, resulting in the loss of 2,350 lives. Though World War II had been in progress for some years in Europe and in Asia, this event drew the U.S. into the wars with the Japanese and the Nazis. Comparisons are sometimes made between Pear [...]
2
Dec
Sunday, the emergency room. Pain so bad I couldn’t walk. There all day, on new heavy pain medication, stronger than morphine, intravenously, that ultimately left me ill. Was there all day. Cat scan, x-rays, blood and urine tests. Determination: Hernia, kidney stone, but the worst, my back has gotten much worse and that is the [...]