Barbers saw the doctors and the doctors said

Well as the Chinese reportedly said, may you live in interesting times. We have had an interesting two weeks. It has rained and rained and rained - the ground is pretty much saturated now. Enough is enough, we hope for a break in the weather soon. It rains day and night sometimes, with occasional gusts from the East mostly. Carrie has been seeking help with her discomfort which may be a pulled or strained muscle or something else - the doctor said take these new pain pills and finally we have something that works, even if it does make her a little zonky. I may have a slight retinal tear in my right eye and am getting some laser treatment for that. Otherwise I have pretty much recuperated from sore elbow, shoulder and back. The Alexander Technique is helping some - makes me sit up straighter and walk and sit nicely if I remember to do it. It also involves laying down with my knees in the air, feet on the ground, and relaxing for about twenty minutes - very restful. A little meditation time, actually as well as a physical relaxing. I had to cancel an appointment a while back with a local audiology group and since that was the second time I had done that they refused to reschedule me - their loss, my gain. What are some of your favorite sayings: one I like is "For every loss some gain; for every gain some loss." Favourite singers or music groups: Harry Belafonte, Edit Piaf, Kingston Trio, Smothers Brothers, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Modern Jazz Quartet, Johnny Cash, Gary McKnight (in Valley Falls, folks), others later. Favorite news of the weird in NZ - a family thought they were farewelling their deceased mother in a closed coffin with cremation - turns out the hospital or funeral home had mistakenly placed a man's body in the coffin - he was a stranger to the family! Things will get better. We hope all who read this are well and happy and healthy. Manford