Yeah...I did something that I never thought I would. I bought a Kindle. What an amazing invention. I sort of feel like a sell-out because I love books so much. My house if full of them. They are my pleasure, my decoration, my habit, my hobby, my occupation, my time filler, my calming agent, my friends, my food, my recreation, my drug of choice, and more. I guess that is the problem, they are overtaking my home and my classroom. I can't give up the words, but I need to cut down on the physical space they take. I need my fix.
I am amazed at how a book can be mine within minutes of the idea of the book. I hear about it, I look it up and within seconds it is mine. Another part that I'm having trouble with is the way the book gets into the Kindle. Through the air, within seconds, it is there. Magic. To think, as I am moving about...there are words slicing through my body on the way to someone's cell phone, computer or Kindle. These waves of thought which used to only occupy our minds are now occupying our universe. I don't know if it is healthy, but it is our new reality. Thoughts converted to words and communicated to others are vibrating all around us and we aren't even aware of it...or are we? Hmmm....increased incidence of ADHD, adult onset? ADHD, increased rate of diagnosed autism, depression, exhaustion, ...makes you wonder what we will find as far as connections in the future. Only time will tell, I suppose. In the meantime, I'm sucking in those books and enjoying every minute of it...with my blinders on.

What is normal pain?

It is strange that, as I get older I develop more pain. It didn't happen suddenly
but so gradually that it is barely noticed and becomes the normal way of feeling. So, when the doctor asks if I have pain, I say not really. But actually I hurt everywhere...hands, feet, right elbow, back, shoulders, shoulder blades, forearms, calves, ankles, one knee....When I sit still, I throb, and burn and occasionally stab with pain. I'm so used to it...I try to ignore it. Should I be putting up with this pain?...I assume it is the way everyone feels at my age.
My fingers don't look like my fingers anymore. I have lumps and bulges that weren't there before...hard bony bumps that distort the former gracefulness of my hands. They look like old people hands with tiny wrinkles or crinkles all over. Those hands are fighting a good fight to keep supporting my need to schlep stuff. More about schlepping later.
How'm I doing with trying to write more regularly?