Hard Nancy and visionary outsiders
Somewhere along the way, instead of keeping all my writing on this one blog, I diversified.  I have quite a few different blogs now.  Too many actually.  But I imagine them to be forums for different things I might want to express. I have two new blogs that may interest any readers of this one.http://www.visionaryoutsiders.com/visionary outsiders is what it says.  Its about those artists, musicians, writers, people who interest me.  Even the one's who have some notoriety have come by it from the outside looking in.  Its my forum for shining a light on these inspirators.The seco

Don't Try This At Home
The following post was originally posted Sunday, August 26, 2007It has been two years three months and twenty two days since that night.  I count my blessings I can still do all the things I love to do.  I still need to exercise more and lose that extra twenty lbs, but its good being on the green side of the grave.  I would like to thank all the wonderful people who have written to m

Like drowning in your own body
In April of 2006, my father died of congestive heart failure. Congestive heart failure is like drowning in your own body. The body produces more and more fluids and cannot get rid of them. This puts strain on the heart, which lacks the power to pump all the blood, causing more fluid to collect, making the heart work even harder until finally, the day comes when it can work no more, and you drown in your own body.From 1979: (I