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MY CANCER JOURNAL (5/2023)

THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2023 (C DAY +94) Last day of chemo for a while. After my June visit with my oncologist/urologist for scoping and restaging, I will receive at least one more “maintenance” bout of chemotherapy with future scopes and bouts at three month intervals. Last night I felt fairly stressed. Not about the future, but about today. I could see myself as one of the plastic, closed markers or figures in an old fashioned board game. Depending on the...

Boy reading as gallery image for book reviews.

THE CATSKILLS IN HISTORY AND HOW IT CHANGED AMERICA

When one gazes at the Catskill mountains, there is a certain mystique.  Looking out through my windows on a clear day from in the heart of these beloved mountains, I can clearly see several prominent peaks across the valley.  An hour or two earlier (or later) they might be hidden in the mist or the clouds.  Even the name “Catskill” is shrouded in mystery.  We know that the Dutch (perhaps Henry Hudson, himself), coined the term, and many other names hereabouts, and we know that the...

Faded American Flag Liz Cheney Ouster

EDITORIAL: FADED GLORY

Our political system lost a bit more luster today. Minutes ago, the Republican conference in the U.S. House of Representatives ousted their Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney from her position of leadership. Preferring to continue their fealty to a twice-impeached President instead of returning to their historical convictions that helped make America great for the better part of two centuries, they attempted to silence the daughter of a former Vice-President of the U.S. for speaking her mind. This came only...

Tulips on display in Albany, NY

TULIPS PUT ALBANY, NY IN FESTIVE MOOD

For the second year in a row, the city of Albany, NY is holding their annual Tulip Festival virtually. Customary activities such as luncheons, Dutch street scrubbing, the coronation of a Tulip Queen and the Royal Tulip Ball will be replaced with virtual programming, though music throughout the month will be live at different venues. Festival goers are free to wander among the tulip displays in Washington Park, and small, guided tours will be held on an appointment basis.  The remaining  activities...

George Orwell 1984

WHO CONTROLS THE PAST CONTROLS THE FUTURE

Today, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sent a letter representing the demands of 37 Senate Republicans that the administration pull their support from the 1619 Project, a controversial program promoted in 2019 that, in the words of the Daily Mail “takes slavery and puts it in the center of the American narrative” four centuries later. This is an example of what is sometimes termed a paradigm shift, or a change in fundamental assumptions.  Such as from the Genesis account of our beginnings to evolution....

Family emerges from a darkened room as pandemic ends

AFTER THE PANDEMIC ENDS (PART II)

For the past month or so, we’ve finally been able to see light at the end of the tunnel as far as the pandemic goes, thanks to the vaccines and the end of winter with more and more people spending time outdoors. India and Brazil are having difficult times at the moment and so we’re not out of the woods yet.  The SARS-CoV-2 virus may continue to be endemic to certain areas after the pandemic ends, but hopefully it will be...

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